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Published April 19, 2007 12:04 am - Word that a Disney-scale theme park is coming to the area is going around again. Officials cautious about approach involving possible theme park w/ ARM Risk's registration with the Missouri Secretary of State and related documents. From staff reports news@joplinglobe.com Word that a Disney-scale theme park is coming to the area is going around again. There is a variation on the theme this time — Newton County instead of more rural McDonald County — but the reaction of local government and business officials ranges from caution to skepticism. A land-acquisition company that recently sent a representative to meet with the Newton County commissioners has identified property in the Redings Mill area for a possible park, according to Jerry Carter, presiding commissioner. An address listed on a document that the company filed with the Missouri secretary of state’s office is also the address listed for the corporate offices of Walt Disney Co. Carter said a man named Todd Marshall, representing ARM Risk, visited the County Commission late last week to ask about roads south of the Redings Mill area in connection with a potential theme park. Carter said he referred Marshall to the Joplin Special Road District and to the Missouri Department of Transportation. Robert Brown, listed as one of three principals with ARM Risk, according to papers filed March 16 with the Missouri secretary of state, said when contacted by phone Wednesday: “Our main job is land acquisition. ARM was put together for this land-acquisition deal, and it has no other purpose.” ARM Risk has a Springfield address on the state document. Brown said the proposed park initially would have 95 shops, 27 rides, 12 stages, and 18 restaurants and eateries. The proposal would include 1,000 acres of land, with the first phase to be completed in two years on 100 acres of that land. The proximity of two U.S. highways is a factor in the site selection, Brown said. “They are looking at employing about 1,200 full-time people and about 6,000 seasonal workers,” Brown said. Parking capacity would be 9,000 vehicles, he said. But even Brown cautioned that nothing is final. “It is still definitely just a proposal,” he said. “I think the second phase is additional parking, additional hotels,” he said. He would not identify the name of the company that is interested in the area for a theme park. When asked if it was related to Silver Dollar City or to Hard Rock International, which is building a Hard Rock Park in South Carolina, he said “no.” 
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