Knott's Landing - Proposal From Times Past

Knott's Landing - Sacramento theme park proposed in 1990"s

Knott's Berry Farm once tried to buy up some land north of Old Town Sacramento and make it into a Theme Park called "Knott's Landing". The theme park was proposed in the mid 90's and would have been along the Sacramento River and  Old Sacramento. From what I have seen, the proposal, it was quite detailed, but in the end it it ran afoul of the Old Sacramento Master plan. It appears the "I" Street bridge would have been dismantled and new bridge built where one is currently in the planning stages. It also included a baseball stadium about the size of the Rivercats ballpark and an indoor arena. It also looks as if the train tracks would have been realigned under the new bridge in a northeast direction to a new train station. I think it would have been successful, a fun place for locals and visitors to enjoy.  
http://www.robinshall.com/knotts-landing-sacramento

Robin Hall the award-winning theme designer returned my request for additional info with this message. "We did the drawings for Knott's Landing in late 1996-into January 1997. My boss; Terry Van Gorder, was always trying to get the Knott Family to expand the brand and build other parks and Knott's Camp Snoopys in different locations around the world. So I would draw up different proposed parks and we would present them. Unfortunately the Family was very risk averse and didn't want to invest anything beyond the design and the branding."

Knott's Landing - Sacramento theme park proposed in 1990"s

Knott's Landing - Sacramento theme park proposed in 1990"s

Knott's Landing - Sacramento theme park proposed in 1990"s