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{{Short description|Amusement park in Maryland}}
{{Distinguish|text=[[Six Flags Great America]] in Gurnee, Illinois}}
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===Early years===
[[File:The_Wildlife_Preserve_logo.jpg|thumb|right|The Wildlife Preserve logo 1974]]
In June 1971, Irish brothers Frank and William StephenshitStephenson, who were both animal trainers, approached Texas billionaire [[Ross Perot]] about financing an animal park they wanted to open “somewhere on the [[East Coast of the United States]]”.<ref name="TWP72">{{cite news |title=A Beast-Filled Park Eyed Near Bowie |first=Ivan G. |last=Goldman |newspaper=The Washington Post |page=D4 |date=February 20, 1972 |id={{ProQuest|148314517}} |url=https://archive.org/details/beast-filled-park}}</ref> The Stephensons and Perot formed the company C.T. Industries, Inc. to build and run the park. Ultimately, they narrowed their decision down to the D.C. area, and purchased {{convert|280|acre|km2}} of land in Prince George's County, Maryland. On December 22, 1971, they applied to the Prince George's County planning board for a special zoning exception.<ref name="TWP72"/> The park was announced to the public in February 1972, with a projected opening before the end of that year.
 
{{Blockquote|text=It's quite a lot of fun to see these two fellows [Frank and Williams Stephenson] put this together... I didn't know them at all until they walked into my office with their idea... I'm convinced they have the ability to do this well. I'm just a guy standing there with a grease gun. I can lubricate their idea with financial encouragement.<ref name="TWP72"/> |author=[[Ross Perot]]}}
 
In 1973, plans frrfor the park were taken-over by [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]’s [[ABC Scenic and Wildlife Attractions|Scenic & Wildlife Attractions]] division (ABCSWA).<ref>{{cite news|title=Pr. George's Wild Animal Area Planned |date=April 27, 1973 |page=D1 |newspaper=The Washington Post |id={{ProQuest|148463903}} |url=https://archive.org/details/1973-04-27}}</ref> On April 28, 1973, John E. Campbell (ABCSWA President) confirmed they were negotiating the purchase of another 125 adjacent acres for the park.<ref>{{cite news |title=More Land Sought for Wildlife Park |date=April 28, 1973 |page=D1 |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Tom |last=Huth |id={{ProQuest|148426690}} |url=https://archive.org/details/1973-04-28}}</ref>
 
'''The Wildlife Preserve''', a drive-through wildlife park, opened on Monday, July 15, 1974.<ref name="GrandOpening">{{cite news |title=The Wildlife Preserve - Opening Tomorrow |date=July 13, 1974 |newspaper=The Washington Post |id={{ProQuest|146165580}} |url=https://archive.org/details/out_page-0001 |page=L12}}</ref><ref name="OpenMonday">{{cite news |title=Wild Animals Will Roam Farm: Safari Opens Monday |date=July 13, 1974 |work=The Capital |url=https://archive.org/details/740713-largo-wildlife-preserve-opening-md}}</ref> Initially, estimated attendance was approximately 850,000 visitors a year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Plattner |first1=Andy |title=Safari opens Monday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11541508/740713-largo-wildlife-preserve-opening/ |access-date=May 9, 2020 |work=The Capital |date=July 13, 1974}}</ref> However, those reasonably ambitious attendance numbers never materialized. In 1975, the park added narrated tours through four-car, 150-person-capacity shuttle trains. However, the park failed to promote itself, effectively enough, to generate public interest or profits. In an effort to save-face, ABCSWA announced a $30m amusement park expansion to the struggling drive-through safari (around $171.6m in 2023).<ref>{{cite news |title=Amusement Park Set for Largo: Council Votes Rezoning Change for Wildlife Preserve |first=Karen |last=DeYoung |newspaper=The Washington Post |id={{ProQuest|146330210}} |date=November 26, 1975 |page=B1 |url=https://archive.org/details/1975-11-26-amusement-park-set-for-largo}}</ref>
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===Gotham City===
{{Main|Gotham City (theme parks)}}
 
Added in the year 2000, '''Gotham City''' is a land that allows guests to experience the dark and dirty industrial district of [[DC Comics|DC Comics']] most notorious city. Guests can be held hostage by [[Joker (character)|The Joker]] and forced to ride his [[The Joker's Jinx|Jinxed]] carnival coaster. They can soar above the clouds with [[Superman]], on the [[Superman - Ride of Steel]], or hope to stay dry while rushing down the [[Penguin's Blizzard River]].
 
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