[Chris]

I keep seeing this posted on one of those, "25 things you didn't know about Greensboro." Is there any real truth to this?

8. Greensboro almost had a theme park.
Busch Gardens (which was built in Williamsburg, Va) was planned to be built in Greensboro between Holden Road and Jamestown, approximately where Grandover exists today. There's little details of why the amusement park never materialized, but undoubtedly it may have been due to failed referendums, public protests, or protestant values against the planned attached brewery.

Around the same time (1960s), Six Flags was considering building an amusement park in conjunction with a 60,000 seat NFL stadium and 2.5 mile Nascar track between Winston Salem, High Point, and Greensboro. Residents of the three cities were highly supportive of the idea, but Guilford County Commissioners chose not to bring the issue to a public vote, therefore the project never materialized. Today, ideas of a soccer stadium or professional baseball complex have been considered.

[RollerBee]

More interesting is that Water Country USA and Emerald Pointe at one point shared a name and owner. It was been speculated that Aqua Gardens now Emerald Pointe came out of the never built Busch Gardens.