A new water park will open in Fort Lauderdale

The Schlitterbahn water park, known for its very tall and long water slides, will open in Florida.

Jeff Henry and his company, the initiator of the creation of the park, have been negotiating with the Florida authorities for five years. Finally, they were crowned with success, the site reports Broward Palm Beach New Times. The park needed a large piece of land, and it was found - the site of the current Lockhart Stadium, which is half a mile west of I-95, north of Commercial Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale.

“This will be the most grandiose park we have ever built!” - says Henry.

For Jeff Henry's company, the park will be the sixth in a row - four are already operating in Texas, one in Kansas. "Schlitterbahn" is translated from German as "slippery road."

Florida plans to build slides, multiple pools and hotel rooms in treehouses. An obstacle to getting the project off the ground was the Federal Aviation Administration, which had planned to use the land to expand the airport but then changed its mind. The city of Fort Lauderdale has given the green light to purchase the land, and now the buyer must pay $1 million by August 1.3st. The total cost of the site is $12.1 million.

“Once we sign the contract, it's done,” says Joe Cerrone, president of the Recreational Design and Construction Foundation, which is leading the project with the Schlitterbahn team. If everything goes smoothly, Cerrone is planning an official opening ceremony for the water park in the spring of 2018.