Downtown St. Louis Opening Waterpark/Spring 2005

matguy70 · PostDec 19, 2004#12004-12-19T18:33+00:00

The Sky Is Falling

ST LOUIS: Downtown St. Louis' huge City Museum will open a new downtown waterpark this spring.

Construction has begun on the roof - perched 12 stories above Washington Avenues Loft District overlooking the city skyline! Prepare yourself for another new downtown attraction- a rooftop waterpark, a first of its kind in the country, with waterslides, pools, lazy river, wading pools and hot tubs. And what rootop waterpark would be complete without a rooftop ferris wheel?

This year, City Museum opened the new World Aquarium, a 13,500 square ft. aquatic waterworld housing over 10,000 creatures. The columns have become giant sea shells with castles and tunnels throughout! The aquarium is home to fish, aligators, snakes, eels, turtles, and sharks.

Guest · PostDec 19, 2004#22004-12-19T23:23+00:00

I love the city museum, and love what this guy is doing. A saturday night trip to the city museum is always a fun place to test the connections you have to your youth.

matguy70 · PostDec 20, 2004#32004-12-20T14:23+00:00

They are open til 1:00 am! even better!

And just went to a wedding on the 10th floor at Windows Off Washington - incredible!

MattnSTL · PostDec 20, 2004#42004-12-20T20:26+00:00

My prom was in Windows off Washington last May. It is incredible. Bob Cassilly is such a great asset to St. Louis.

archmadness · PostDec 20, 2004#52004-12-20T22:54+00:00

I will sadly admit that I have never been to the City Museum...but one day. I'll be home this weekend, now's my chance.

MattnSTL · PostDec 20, 2004#62004-12-20T23:01+00:00

You have to get there sometime. It is awesome. I am going next week.

thewayofthearch · PostJan 04, 2005#72005-01-04T20:22+00:00

I'm especially fond of the fact that after you're done connecting with your youth you can go to the log cabin, get a beer or glass of wine and connect with your liver!

Guest · PostJan 06, 2005#82005-01-06T04:16+00:00

We took the Adult Swim (Cartoon Network) promotional team (50 students) from Universities around the country to the City Museum after training here in St. Louis. Training used to be in Atlanta because of the HQ but it was here this year. Not only did the students go crazy over the place, the client Cartoon Network just marveled at the creativity of our team building objective, aka getting ripped in the log cabin. Side note, we had everyone fly in and take the metro down to Union Station where we got them rooms at the Hyatt. I thought it was cool, but they just raved about thier little trip to the Lou.

MattnSTL · PostJan 06, 2005#92005-01-06T04:39+00:00

That's awesome!

par · PostJan 06, 2005#102005-01-06T04:47+00:00

Anonymous wrote:We took the Adult Swim (Cartoon Network) promotional team

that is awesome. you must work for SJI

Guest · PostJan 07, 2005#112005-01-07T07:58+00:00

Par, you are correct kind of.. I worked (contracted out) for SJI on the Adult Swim program under my brother who ran that account.

matt drops the h · PostOct 20, 2005#122005-10-20T21:16+00:00

Is this waterpark opening next summer? Anyone have any pictures of the current construction or what's been completed? While on the loft tour a couple weeks ago, I saw the praying mantis on the roof. Pretty cool stuff.

xing · PostOct 21, 2005#132005-10-21T00:06+00:00

Anonymous wrote:We took the Adult Swim (Cartoon Network) promotional team (50 students) from Universities around the country to the City Museum after training here in St. Louis. Training used to be in Atlanta because of the HQ but it was here this year. Not only did the students go crazy over the place, the client Cartoon Network just marveled at the creativity of our team building objective, aka getting ripped in the log cabin. Side note, we had everyone fly in and take the metro down to Union Station where we got them rooms at the Hyatt. I thought it was cool, but they just raved about thier little trip to the Lou.

They were hiring last year, and if I wasn't in school still, I would have looked into it. The City Museum is so unique, and the place is what theme parks couldn't have, a unique, non-artificial, asthetic.

gerwitz · PostDec 19, 2006#142006-12-19T13:21+00:00

Just for the record, this project is kaput. Too many logistical and building code problems.

publiceye · PostDec 19, 2006#152006-12-19T13:31+00:00

Just for the record, this project is kaput. Too many logistical and building code problems

Just for the record, the artist's energies are focused on a new multi-acre water-and-land project on the City/Riverview line. (Still, don't give up on that roof quite yet. There's a plan for that, too.)

threeonefour · PostDec 21, 2006#162006-12-21T17:52+00:00

publiceye wrote:Just for the record, the artist's energies are focused on a new multi-acre water-and-land project on the City/Riverview line.

Cool. It would be great to have a new attraction like this in that area.

stldtfan · PostDec 21, 2006#172006-12-21T18:07+00:00

Yup. More attractions for people to come to the city for a full family day.