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The hotel and restaurant operator Marriott Corporation completed Marriott's Great America on the site of what had been a pear orchard [4] and opened it to the public on March 20, 1976. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Admission was US$7.95 (equivalent to $43 in 2023) for adults (12 and up) and US$6.95 (equivalent to $37 in 2023) for children (4–11).
Lawsuits from nearby homeowners coupled with lower-than-expected park revenues, skyrocketing San Jose land values, and competition from Marriott's Great America, which opened in neighboring Santa Clara in 1976, signaled the end for the little park. With the high property values, Rio Grande could make more money selling off the land to ...
Demon is a multi-looping roller coaster at both Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois and California's Great America in Santa Clara, California. [1] [2] Both coasters opened in 1976 as Turn of the Century, when both Great America parks were owned by Marriott Corporation. [3]
Hot Shoppes, Inc. was renamed the Marriott Corporation in 1967. [16] In 1972, the Marriott lodging division acquired the Greek-based Sun Line cruise line, [17] which it owned until 1987. [18] In 1976, the company opened two theme parks, each named Marriott's Great America, in California and Illinois. [19]
Marriott's Great America (Maryland–Virginia), a proposed park from the 1970s; Transportation. Santa Clara – Great America station, an Amtrak station in California;
Marriott Corporation would later open a ride of the same model called the "Sky Tower" for the 1979 season at the park's sister park of the same name, later renamed to California's Great America. The height of that attraction was shortened to 200 feet (61 m) due to the proximity of San Jose International Airport. [9]