The roughly $400 million project will include more than 20 acres dedicated to amusement rides as well as a water park.

Where: Niagara Amusement Park and Splash World at Fantasy Island is located on Grand Island, 12 minutes from Niagara Falls State Park and 16 minutes from downtown Buffalo.

Libertyland, a Memphis theme park, opened on July 4, 1976, as part of the Bicentennial celebration. Elvis Presley famously rented the park in 1977, shortly before his death. Libertyland closed in ...