In 2026, a new theme park called the American Heartland Theme Park and Resort is set to open in Vinita, Oklahoma. This 1,000-acre project is estimated to cost around $2 billion.
The amusement park will occupy 125 acres of land, which is about the same size as Florida's Magic Kingdom and Disneyland in California. The developers behind the park, Mansion Entertainment, have planned an Americana-themed environment that includes exciting rides, live shows, family attractions, waterways, and top-notch restaurant-quality food and beverages.
From Headline USA:
The park will also include rides and shows in “six distinctly American lands:” the Great Plains, Bayou Bay, Big Timber Falls, Stony Point Harbor, Liberty Village and Electropolis, the news release stated.
Aside from the amusement park, American Heartland will also have a 300-room hotel, an indoor water park, an adjacent 320-acre RV park and a 300-cabin campground named Three Ponies.
Mansion Entertainment also added that the park’s design team includes more than 20 Disney Parks builders and Walt Disney Imagineers. The group also hired design firms that have been used in the past by other major amusement parks, including Six Flags and Universal Studios.
Developers expect the park to attract two million visitors per year since its opening, Kristy Adams, a sales and marketing executive with Mansion Entertainment, said.
In addition to that, the park will add at least 4,000 jobs and provide a boost to the state’s tourism economy, state Sen. Micheal Bergstrom, R-Okla., said.
“We are thrilled to make Oklahoma the home of American Heartland Theme Park and Resort,” American Heartland CEO Larry Wilhite said. “At the crossroads of the heartland, Oklahoma is an attractive location for a family entertainment destination.”
This sounds amazing!
Instead of shying away from and apologizing for America's heritage and history, this park is fully embracing and celebrating it.
What a refreshing change! Personally, I'll be eagerly waiting to buy my ticket in 2026.
