Grand Texas Sports and Entertainment District
The Grand Texas Sports and Entertainment District is a privately funded entertainment complex scheduled to open near Houston, Texas, in the United States, in the 2020s. The district will consist of eight venues: the Grand Texas Theme Park, Big Rivers Water Park, a retail center called Grove Factory Outlet, Downtown Texas, Speedsportz Racing Park, Grand Texas Sportsplex, Gator Bayou Adventure Park, and Grand Texas RV Resort. Background and history. Leaders of the Grand Texas project hoped the district and park would fill a void left by Six Flags AstroWorld's closure in 2005. Original  plans focused on the amusement and water parks, but in November 2013 project leaders announced an expanded entertainment district called the Grand Texas Sports and Entertainment District. Land for the district was closed on during the summer of 2013. The first phase of construction, scheduled to begin in early 2014, was to include clearing land and building infrastructure. Big Rivers Water Park was scheduled to open in April 2015. Grand Texas Theme Park was scheduled to open in December 2015. However, plans for the opening were delayed to 2020. The site of Grand Texas was cleared out in 2015 to  begin construction. Construction on the RV Resort began in 2015 and was finished on August 6, 2016, while construction on Speedsportz finished in winter 2016. Construction on Big Rivers is expected to begin in August 2017 and finish in spring 2018 while Grand Texas Sportsplex is expected to be finished in winter 2018. When the construction of Big Rivers is in operation, construction on the Grand Texas Theme Park will begin.