Schlitterbahn Kansas City
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Schlitterbahn Waterpark Kansas City was a water park that opened on July 15, 2009 in Kansas City, Kansas. It was announced in September 2005 by Schlitterbahn Waterparks. What was to be a 370-acre (150-hectare) $750 million development (in the end, only $180 million of work was ever completed) included a nearly 40-acre (16-hectare) waterpark, which was Schlitterbahn's fourth waterpark and its first outside Texas.
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Schlitterbahn Waterpark Kansas City | |
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Location | Kansas City, Kansas, United States |
Coordinates | 39°07′15″N 94°48′15″W |
Opened | July 15, 2009 (2009-07-15) |
Closed | September 3, 2018 (2018-09-03) |
Area | 370 acres (150 ha) |
Pools | 2 pools |
Water slides | 14 water slides |
Children's areas | 2 children's areas |
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Groundbreaking took place September 18, 2007 on the land formerly occupied by the Wyandotte County Fairgrounds and the Unified Government courthouse annex, across Interstate 435 from the Kansas Speedway and Village West.
Following a fatal accident involving one of its attractions in 2016, the water park was closed for good in 2018.