Calaway Park is an amusement park and campground in Springbank, Alberta, Canada.
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10 Facts About Calaway Park
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Calaway Park was conceived in 1979, with initial plans having the park named Flintstone Fun Calaway Park, after The Flintstones animated sitcom.
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Calaway Park was created by John McAfee, a former Red Deer lawyer, and 15 other investors from British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario.
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On 16 October 1979, Municipal District of Rocky View No 44 councillors voted 6 to 1 approve the Flintstone Fun Calaway Park, the opposing vote coming from the Springbank councillor.
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Flintstone Fun Calaway Park developers felt 200,000 people would visit in the first year, and somewhere between 400,000 and 500,000 annually after a decade or two.
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Calaway Park called for a new general plan to ensure that further additions would be "high-class".
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Calaway Park continued to make loan payments to Northland as part of its five-year loan.
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The Calaway Park became a kilometre closer to Calgary in 2007 after the city expanded its borders.
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Calaway Park occupies approximately 65 hectares of land in Springbank, Alberta.
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Calaway Park staff includes 40 full-time staff and over 650 seasonal employees, Thousands of applications are received annually, as of the 2009 season.
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