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Kingswood hotel, water park expansion slated to open next year

It's taken about 15 years since the early planning stages, but work on a $42-million project to expand a Fredericton area resort with a hotel, condominiums and what the company is calling the largest indoor water park in Atlantic Canada is underway.

Kingswood Ventures Inc. President and CEO Brian Johnson said it was especially satisfying to see work on the 4½-star hotel begin. The hotel and the water park are scheduled to open next September.

Hotel, water park

"It was so nice to see the work beginning and the foundation go in. It did take a long time, but it is a huge process to develop one of these hotels [and] find a brand," Johnson said Monday on Information Morning Fredericton.

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"My goal is to make Kingswood the number one tourist destination site in Atlantic Canada."

Besides the resort hotel, Johnson noted to realize that goal, the expansion needed a water park.

He said the tubular fibreglass slides are going to be "10 to 12 years ahead" of slides at other water parks. The plan is for a 10-metre high by 28-metre wide climbing structure with four slides that can accommodate about 100 people at a time. Construction on the condominiums is expected to begin next year. He said an additional 120 people will be employed at the resort after the expansion.

In a May 2015 press release, the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency announced a repayable contribution of $500,000 towards the project. ACOA estimated the tourism impact to the Kingswood Entertainment Centre could involve an increase to 300,000 visitors from 230,000 annually after the expansion.