Irvine's Wild Rivers water park will close at the end of the summer, to be replaced with an exciting new apartment development! Just what Irvine needs!
The area was rezoned for residential use in 2006, and the Irvine Co. (the developing firm that basically runs the city) chose to exit their lease agreement with the park the following year. In the subsequent years, the water park was allowed to remain open while looking to secure a relocation site, but there was nothing suitable in Orange County.
In addition to the shuttering of the 26-year-old waterpark, nearby Camp James (a children's summer day camp for children) will close as of October 2. Close to 1,700 apartments will eventually go up on the same site, providing families and children countless hours of fun. The waterpark's 1,200 seasonal employees, half of whom are local youths, will be offered jobs if a new location is still able to be found. Otherwise, they're welcome to get their hard hats and make a career change - I hear the construction sector is about to boom!
This is a smart move for the town, which can move one step farther from it's identity as a fun loving and free-spirited city, and finally gain credibility as a serious, office-park style community.
The area was rezoned for residential use in 2006, and the Irvine Co. (the developing firm that basically runs the city) chose to exit their lease agreement with the park the following year. In the subsequent years, the water park was allowed to remain open while looking to secure a relocation site, but there was nothing suitable in Orange County.
In addition to the shuttering of the 26-year-old waterpark, nearby Camp James (a children's summer day camp for children) will close as of October 2. Close to 1,700 apartments will eventually go up on the same site, providing families and children countless hours of fun. The waterpark's 1,200 seasonal employees, half of whom are local youths, will be offered jobs if a new location is still able to be found. Otherwise, they're welcome to get their hard hats and make a career change - I hear the construction sector is about to boom!
This is a smart move for the town, which can move one step farther from it's identity as a fun loving and free-spirited city, and finally gain credibility as a serious, office-park style community.
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