koch development corporation owns holiday world in santa claus indiana.
koch development corporation owns holiday world in santa claus indiana.
who owns holiday world in santa claus indiana?
koch development corporation
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plans for what would become santa claus land, and later holiday world & splashin' safari, were first conceived as a retirement project by louis j. koch, a retired industrialist from evansville, indiana. in 1941, koch visited the town of santa claus, indiana. a family man and father of nine children, it bothered him that children traveled to the town only to be disappointed when they discovered santa claus was not there. in response, koch developed the idea for a park where children could have fun and visit santa year-round. although initial construction plans were delayed by world war ii, construction of santa claus land eventually began on august 4, 1945. at this time, indiana had only one amusement park which was indiana beach (at the time called ideal beach) that had opened in 1926, 20 years before santa claus land opened.
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