The Tennessean: Two Bible parks? It’s possible
Nashville could be facing a future with not one, but two Bible theme parks in its backyard.
The nation’s only existing Bible park, The Holy Land Experience, is planning an expansion into Middle Tennessee. Meanwhile, a group of developers is shopping around for a site to build a rival theme park: Bible Park USA.
Christian broadcasting giant Trinity Broadcasting Network owns The Holy Land Experience and may soon shift some of its exhibits from the Orlando, Fla., theme park to a new home in Hendersonville’s Trinity Music City, which TBN also owns.
“The plan is to export some of the Holy Land to Trinity Music City,” TBN spokesman John Casoria said.
That could mean dueling religious theme parks in an area where some people don’t want even one. Bible Park USA ran into community protests when it attempted to buy land outside Murfreesboro.
Beyond that, industry observers wonder why anyone would want to build even one new theme park in the current economy. ...
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