“Surfing is truly just the start of what we’re hoping to build here.”
The promise of two wave tanks in every town and a chicken in every pot has not materialized the way rabid surfers might have hoped. Surf Ranches, Surf Lakes and Wavegardens are still relatively far and few between but that reality has not dampened the lofty expectations of developers who continue to feel extremely bullish about manmade juice.
Take, for example, the proposed Tampa Bay wonderland set to open near Tampa Bay in 2025 that will utilize the aforementioned Surf Lakes’ patented rusty plunger technology. Per a just-released report:
The 30-acre amenity, an adventure park that can simulate ocean waves, is being developed by Tony Miller, with assistance from Hotel & Leisure Advisors — a hospitality consultancy whose clients include Crystal Lagoons Corp. and Great Wolf Resorts Inc. According to a news release, the project could generate $50 million in revenue in its first year of operation, in addition to creating 700 jobs.
The facility’s features, according to the release, could also include pristine beaches, concert and event venues, bars and restaurants, retailers, education and business facilities, fitness and wellness amenities, and more.
“Beyond tapping into the widespread surf culture and introducing a destination to the Tampa Bay area that will draw interest from all over the world, we’re creating a shared experience that every single member of this community will benefit from in some way,” Miller states in the release. “Surfing is truly just the start of what we’re hoping to build here.”
$50 million bucks a year is nothing to sneeze at but do you think our lifestyle and its adjacents is filled with that much lucre?
A blue rush just over the horizon?
Cheeseburger in paradise.
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“…COULD generate”
Yeah…
Regular or should I say any waves on the Gulf. Don’t see that very often.
why hate on ben>
“Get him out of zee fucking vater!!!”
Im no electro -ologist but how all these pools gonna be powered??? Unless its $100 a wave?
By nuclear power plant crack pipes! Smoke stacks slowly sinking on a disappointing i mean disappearing coastline. Turkey point and fort peirce both r in trouble. Thats why od Ron is always so stiff and focused on ideology rather than reality. The reality of Florida is the drinking water will be transitioning into salt water and stilts won’t protect against mega storms. Funny that fools who paid the most r going to be under water first. Smoke crack lightning and a plunger makes sense. It used to be beautiful, the swamps, the sand. Their was an artesian well in pam Beach the natives drank from. It got filled in before I was born to build a mansion. Maybe just maybe that has something to do with so many of the people I love lives being cut short by cancer, drugs and depression. Plunge it od ron and crackle that smoke stack like its your pecker.
The plunger choice seems fitting for the toilet that is Tampa
Just because they stuck one in Yeppoon doesn’t mean they can stick one wherever they like.
Word on the street I got is that they stuck one in Yeppoon, not mine.
Word is they’re working on a bigger plunger to get it unstuck
perfect for the toilet bowl section at Haleiwa that Ross Williams loves to prattle on about
What about the troublesomely shallow water-table that apparently put the kybosh on Kelly and Dirk’s Floridian wave resort ?
Is this Tampa site on solid ground, without a single swamp in sight ?
The whole state is a fucking swamp.
Jorts and mullets will be the uniform of choice. This is a fact.
Hope it works, keep ’em over on that side of the state.
Some real quick math shows the far fetched idea here:
$50,000,000/365 days per year = $136,986 of revenue everyday of the year.
DREAM ON!!