Schlitterbahn is Coming to Cedar Park
Schlitterbahn will build a 95 acre water resort park in Cedar Park. That will make a lot of people very happy. Cedar Park will pick up over 1,000 jobs and will get tons of tax revenue. She the story here.
Two different reports show anywhere from $200 million to $300 million for the cost of the resort, which will inclucde a convention center. It has been estimated that the resort could bring Cedar Park will result in around $2.5 billion of revenue in the city over 30 years. That will bring in a huge amount of tax revenue for Cedar Park.
OK, that's all well and good for the city and for people who love water parks, but what about Lake Travis? People are already up in arms about so much more water being pulled out of the lake for residential development. How much more water will be pulled by this water park?