Heritage USA is the American Christian-themed water park, theme park and residential complex in Fort Mill, South Carolina built by televangelist Jim Bakker and his wife Tammy Faye Bakker, founder of PTL Club (short for "Praise of God").
The park, which occupies 2,300 hectares (9.3 km 2 ; 3.6 m²), was built by church builder Roe Messner. Images of the park, including a water park called Heritage Island, can still be accessed online. Since the close of 1989, projects have been built on land once occupied, parts have been sold to several companies.
The previous Heritage USA facility at Fort Mill, South Carolina, purchased by MorningStar Fellowship Church in 2004, was renamed Heritage International Ministries (H.I.M.).
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Histori
Heritage USA opened in 1978, and in 1986 attracted nearly 6 million visitors annually and employed some 2,500 people. Facilities include Heritage Grand Hotel 501 rooms, Main Street USA attractions, indoor shopping complex, Heritage Village Church, Upper Room, 400 units campsite, The Jerusalem Amphitheater, conference facilities, King's Castle, skating rink, prayer and counseling services, cable, Bible school and evangelism, residential visitors' retreat, staff and volunteer housing, timeshares and the Heritage Island water park and recreational facilities. It is the third largest amusement park with presence, with 4.9 million visitors per year, behind only Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida and Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Heritage USA is described as a Christian version of Disneyland; before the scandal that leads to closure, Jim Bakker has plans to expand the park.
Scroll Falwell
According to the Sept. 21, 1987, Time magazine journal, Jerry Falwell's televangelist "fell" to a 163 foot (50 m) tall "hell" waterfall called "Typhoon" wearing a suit, fulfilling "promises made during the raising funding that generated $ 20 million in debt PTL, which eventually took PTL Club and Heritage USA from Jim Bakker.The article said Jim Bakker "arranged for Falwell to take over the PTL in March in an effort to avoid what he called a 'hostile takeover' from the television ministry by men who threatened to expose the sexual encounters he confessed to seven years earlier with the church secretary. Jessica Hahn. "Photographs of the Falwell waterfalls circulate around the world.
Closure
At the high point of Heritage USA, while earning $ 126 million annually, the IRS lifted its tax exemption. Immediately after the Bakker indictment and public condemnation for raping and anesthetize Jessica Hahn and a man seven years earlier, the park's presence declined. Falwell said the park was competing unfairly with tax payment places and that tax-free ministries should be separated from the business interests of PTL. Under Falwell's leadership, Heritage USA sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with an estimated debt of $ 72 million.
In return for the promised four-day annual promised lifetime holiday, 165,000 people have donated $ 1,000 to Jim Bakker's Heritage USA hotel tower; each donor receives $ 6.54 in compensation. Beginning in 1987, the legal and personal issues of Bakker made headlines, and in September 1989, Hurricane Hugo caused severe damage to many buildings. Heritage USA closed shortly after the storm.
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Rebuilding attempt
In 1991, Heritage USA property was bought for $ 52 million by San Diego evangelist Morris Cerullo in partnership with Malaysian investment group MUI Group (Malayan United Industries Berhad). This property was renamed "New Heritage USA". The partnership between Cerullo and MUI ended in disagreement about the issuance of Cerullo discount cards for amusement parks. MUI filed a lawsuit against Cerullo and eventually bought interest in the venture, renaming the Regent Park property. Cerullo maintained the control of the PTL cable network, which was then known as "The Inspirational Network", eventually transferring it to Charlotte, North Carolina and renamed it "The New Inspirational Network".
In March 2018, known as The Inspiration Network (INSP). MUI is the parent company of Laura Ashley plc, which moves its headquarters and distribution center to the US. Laura Ashley's corporate office is located in the former PTL World Outreach Center, a pyramid-shaped building that once housed Bakkers offices and the office of PTL leaders. Since MUI bought the building, it has been renamed "Bupati Building". Through its local subsidiary, the Regent of Carolina Corporation, MUI is building a golf course and housing development in most of the former Heritage USA property.
For a short time in the 1990s, MUI operated 501 hotels and resorts under a management agreement with Radisson Hotels, calling the property "Radisson Grand Resort," but the complex was unsuccessful as a secular venture and eventually closed and fell. become damaged. In December 2004, the rest of the property was sold to Coulston Enterprises, owned by local developers and former MUI executive Earl Coulston. Coulston Enterprises sells part of the property that has placed the PTL Department to MorningStar Ministries of Charlotte, headed by Rick Joyner; and Flames-of-Fire Ministries of Fort Mill, led by Coulston's wife, Sabrina.
MorningStar has been carrying out ongoing renovations to parts of the property purchased by the ministry, setting up a new billboard on Interstate 77 and destroying the MorningStar Tower. Flames-of-Fire buildings were sold to The Broadcast Group, a television and multi-media production company led by Dr. Dale Hill, who previously worked for Bakker and PTL. Coulston Enterprises has developed several new subdivisions that include homes and restaurants in the rest of the property.
In January 2006, 24-hour prayer service opened in former Heritage USA. Musicians and prayer leaders formed the Zadok House of Prayer (ZHOP) after moving from the International House of Prayer in Kansas City. In April 2009, ZHOP vacated the land, and the building where their ministry, the former PTL warehouse complex, was sold to MorningStar Fellowship Church. It is now the MorningStar K-12 private school, Comenius School of Creative Leadership (CSCL). In late 2006, the IRS placed a $ 13.2 million tax lien at Regent Carolina Corporation, which has yet to divert the control of the golf course, public areas and roads to the Regent Garden homeowners' association. The golf course was then sold to Southern Gailes. In 2018, Rick Joyner expressed interest in rebuilding the playground.
Legacy
Warehouse & amp; PTL Studios
Coulston entered into a lease/purchase agreement in April 2009 with The Broadcast Group, a multimedia production and training company founded in 1986 by former PTL Television Network executive, Dr. Dale Hill, for part of the property that includes the former Barn auditorium, Total Learning Center and PTL Television Network Studio. The studio production facility was renamed "The Broadcast Group Complex". Former PTL Television Studios and adjacent Integrated Learning Center complex were almost immediately renovated and reopened after the closing of the lease/purchase agreement in 2009. The Auditorium Warehouse was completed in April 2012 and the facility was reopened and named "Warehouse at Regent Park".
In February 2014, The Broadcast Group abruptly relocated their operations from buildings to a nearby office park at Fort Mill and shortly after it was announced that all the surrounding 18-acre buildings and properties had been acquired by Antioch International Church, which operates from a converted/renovated PTL converted warehouse near Heritage Grand Hotel, for $ 3.81 million on April 24, 2014; according to tax records of York County, South Carolina. Antioch moved their church to a property on 8400 Regent Parkway and now uses the former Audit Warehouse as their new home church. Complex consisting of The Barn & amp; studio has since been renamed The River Place.
Top Space
In January 2009, a group called "Friends of the Upper Room" made an online petition for Flames-of-Fire Ministry and Coulston Enterprises - then owner of The Upper Room - asking them to consider donating the property to another department or selling it at a price cheap to save property from the rumored demolition plan. The Upper Room Building and the surrounding property are placed in the market.
In November 2010, more than 565 people have signed petitions and rumors that owners of The Upper Room plan to destroy it continue to circulate. In May 2010, the Friends of the Upper Room called on people interested worldwide to pray daily to ensure the future of the building. On November 19, 2010, it was announced that Upper Space has been acquired by Christian concert promoter Russell James, who plans to begin renovations on December 1, 2010, with the planned opening date of January 1, 2011; it will be known as the Upper Space Chapel.
The facility underwent extensive restoration; "Walk of Faith" outdoors is restored and reused as a home of intercession. It will eventually open 24 hours a day, with live video streaming through the website.
Heritage Grand Hotel redevelopment
The Heritage Grand Hotel has been completely refurbished and continues to be used as a hotel and conference center. Some hotel rooms have been combined and converted into private condominia; partly now known as Heritage Court & amp; Heritage Suite. The hotel's atrium is used as a church by the local MorningStar congregation. While the hotel is still known as the Heritage Grand Hotel, the residential complex, shops and conference areas have been renamed Heritage International Ministries (HIM). She had an opening in September 2007, and her spiritual grand opening on January 1, 2008.
King Castle Demolition
On March 19, 2013, developer Earl Coulston, who has bought many former Heritage USA properties, began destroying "The King's Castle", an abandoned arcade and a go-kart track originally intended to be the world's largest Wendy restaurant house. The building was being built at Bakkers' departure in the late 1980s; construction stops when Heritage USA enters bankruptcy and payments to Roe Messner's contractors are suspended. The castle was later completed by the new owner of Heritage USA, Regent Carolina Corporation (f/k/a New Heritage Carolina Corporation), a subdidiary of MUI Corporation of Malaysia. It was used for several years as an arcade and go-kart track before it closed and fell into collapse and neglect.
Coulston jointly owns a building with the neighboring MorningStar Student Church as its property line runs through the back of the building. MorningStar originally wanted the castle to be renovated and used as a youth center, but then decided that it had been too much tampered with and repaired too much to fix. Coulston approached MorningStar and offered to pay the demolition fee because it was partly on his property and adjacent to a nearby residential complex he developed. As soon as the demolition begins, it is discontinued on the same day because the contractor does not have proper permits either from the State of South Carolina or the York District. Disassembly after the right permission is guaranteed and the site has been cleared.
Jerusalem Amphitheater/King's Arena
The property includes "Jerusalem Amphitheater" (also known as "King's Arena") and the campsite is owned by Earl Coulston. The campground has been renovated and is now known as Crown Cove RV Park. The open amphitheater has been destroyed. Most of the amphitheater was destroyed as part of Coulston's plan to retrofit with the roof and turn it into a venue for youth concerts. It never materialized and the amphitheater remained abandoned for years before it was destroyed in October 2012.
See also
- List of abandoned amusement parks
References
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