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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).
Six Flags Great America is a 304-acre (123 ha) [note 1] themed amusement park located in Gurnee, Illinois, within the northern Chicago metropolitan area.The amusement park originally opened as Marriott's Great America on May 29, 1976, as one of two theme parks built by the Marriott Corporation.
In 1957, the firm expanded into the hotel industry by opening the first Marriott hotel, the Marriott Motor Hotel, in Arlington County, Virginia. In 1964, Hot Shoppes, Inc. was renamed Marriott-Hot Shoppes, Inc. [7] The company became Marriott Corporation in 1967. In 1967, Marriott acquired the Big Boy family restaurants chain from Bob Wian. [8] [9]
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]
The Marriott Corporation hoped the park would become the centerpiece of its Great America theme park chain, alongside its parks in Gurnee, Illinois (now Six Flags Great America) and Santa Clara, California (now California's Great America). Marriott encountered heavy opposition at both sites where it intended to build, Savage, Maryland, and ...
California's Great America, Santa Clara, California Six Flags Great America , Gurnee, Illinois Marriott's Great America (Maryland–Virginia) , a proposed park from the 1970s
Whizzer, originally named Willard's Whizzer, is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, United States.Designed by Werner Stengel and built by Anton Schwarzkopf, the Speedracer model was one of two identical roller coasters built for the Marriott Corporation in time for the debut of their Great America parks in 1976.
English: A picture taken at Marriott's Great America, Gurnee, Illinois, now Six Flags Great America. Taken from the Delta Flyer/Eagle's Flight, the photo was taken on what is now the site of Batman: The Ride .