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USA Competitive Supply

Fifty (50) hotel indoor waterparks are open and operating
in the USA with a total of 7520 rooms, 750,904 square feet of indoor waterpark
and 213 meeting rooms covering 300,454 square feet of meeting space.

Of these 50 hotel indoor waterparks, 30 are independent
while 20 are affiliated with a national hotel brand name. Hotel brand names
include Holiday Inn, Ramada, Best Western, Quality Inn, Hilton and Marriott
and a few others. 

These 50 hotels indoor waterparks are located in
the following states:

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25	Wisconsin
10	Minnesota
2	Michigan
2	North Dakota
2	South Dakota
2	Nebraska
1	Arizona
1	California
1	Hawaii
1	Ohio
1	Missouri
1	Montana
1	Wyoming

Top 10 Largest Hotel Waterpark Resorts
in the USA

The largest hotels with indoor waterparks are concentrated
in Wisconsin Dells, where 18 hotels with indoor waterparks now exist.

 

Name	Location	Rooms	Indoor WP Square Feet	Meeting Facilities Square Feet
Wilderness Hotel & Golf	Wisconsin Dells WI	309	69,000	7,300
Kalahari Resort	Wisconsin Dells WI	272	67,500	28,699
Treasure Island	Wisconsin Dells WI	302	65,000	-
Great Wolf Lodge	Wisconsin Dells WI	309	40,000	6,000
7 Clans Casino Hotel	Thief River MN	151	40,000	-
Polynesian Resort	Wisconsin Dells WI	231	38,000	1,800
Great Bear Lodge	Sandusky OH	271	33,000	6,000
Chula Vista Resort	Wisconsin Dells WI	228	30,000	14,000
Timber Ridge Lodge	Lake Geneva WI	225	30,000	50,000
Hilton City Center	Milwaukee WI	730	20,000	30,000

Forty other hotels with indoor waterparks are located
in Branson MO, Green Bay WI, Minneapolis MN, Owatonna MN, Baxter MN, Watertown
SD, Fargo ND, Minocqua WI, Detroit Lakes MN, Madison WI, Casper WY, Nisswa
MN, Aberdeen SD, Bismarck ND, St Cloud MN, Rochester MN and Lake du Flambeau
WI.

Profile of USA Hotel Waterpark Resorts
by Size of Indoor Waterpark

Among the top five mega resorts, the average indoor
waterpark is 56,300 sf or 209 sf per guest room. 

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.	Avg # Rooms	Avg SF Indoor Waterpark	Avg # Slides	Avg # Pools	Avg # Spas	Avg SF Meeting Space	Avg # Meeting Rooms
Top 5 Largest	269	56,300	7.6	2.8	1.6	8,400	6.2
Top 10 Largest	303	43,250	6.0	2.6	1.5	14,380	9.2
Top 20 Largest	226	29,275	4.6	2.2	1.7	9,825	7.1
Top 30 Largest	185	22,690	3.7	2.1	1.4	7,798	5.9
Top 40 Largest	166	18,105	3.2	2.0	1.3	6,325	4.9

Among the top ten hotel waterparks, the average waterpark
size is 43,250 sf or 143 sf per guest room. Among the top 20, the rule
of thumb for sizing an indoor waterpark is 130 sf per guest room. Among
the top 30, the size of the indoor waterpark is 185 guest rooms times 123
sf to reach an average of 22,690 sf. Among the top 40, which reflects the
overall industry, the size of the indoor waterpark is 109 sf per guest
guest. This is only one of several methods the hotel waterpark developer
should use to determine the size of a proposed indoor waterpark. 

Top 10 Hotel Meeting Facilities
with indoor waterparks in the USA

Almost all of the Top 10 largest hotel waterparks
are also in the meetings business. However, the amount of meeting space
drops off dramatically within the Top 10. The other forty hotel waterparks
in the USA tend to be designed primarily for the individual leisure traveler
segment.


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Name	Location	Rooms	Meeting Facilities Square Feet	Indoor WP Square Feet
Timber Ridge Lodge	Lake Geneva WI	225	50,000	30,000
Hilton City Center	Milwaukee WI	730	30,000	20,000
Kalahari Resort	Wisconsin Dells WI	272	28,699	67,500
Ramada Plaza	Fargo ND	185	25,000	10,000
Marriott Depot Hotel	Minneapolis MN	132	16,000	15,000
Hojo Resort Conference	Wisconsin Dells WI	228	15,000	13,000
Chula Vista Resort	Wisconsin Dells WI	228	14,000	30,000
Wintergreen Resort	Wisconsin Dells WI	109	12,000	15,000
Grand View Lodge	Nisswa MN	275	10,600	7,500
Wilderness Hotel & Golf	Wisconsin Dells WI	309	7,300	69,000

Other hotel meeting facilities with indoor waterpark
locations include Sandusky OH, Owatonna MN, Madison WI, Minocqua WI and
Green Bay WI.

Profile of USA Hotel Waterpark Resorts
by Size of Meeting Facilities

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.	Avg # Rooms	Avg SF Indoor Waterpark	Avg # Slides	Avg # Pools	Avg # Spas	Avg SF Meeting Space	Avg # Meeting Rooms
Top 5 Largest	309	28,500	4.4	2.2	1.6	29,940	17.2
Top 10 Largest	269	27,700	3.1	2.1	1.8	20,860	13.7
Top 20 Largest	222	22,625	3.4	2.3	1.5	12,429	8.7

Among the top five hotel meeting facilities with
indoor waterparks, the average is 17.2 meeting rooms totaling 29,940 square
feet. Among the top ten, the average is 13.7 meeting rooms totaling 20,860
square feet. Among the top 20, which better reflects the overall industry
average, the hotel waterpark developer that wants to cater to the meetings
market should consider 222 guest rooms, 22,625 sf of indoor waterpark and
12,429 sf of meeting facilities averaging 8.7 meeting rooms. This is only
one of several methods a developer should consider using to estimate the
size of meeting facilities. 

Canadian Competitive Supply

In Canada, we have identified 82 hotels indoor waterparks,
typically smaller properties such as Super 8s, averaging 3200 square feet
of indoor waterpark. Often, these are hotels that have enhanced their indoor
swimming pools with the addition of play structures and waterslides with
minimal theming. These hotels are located in the following provinces:

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35	Alberta
19	Saskatchewan
11	British Columbia
7	Manitoba
6	Ontario
2	Quebec
1	Prince Edward Island
1	Nova Scotia

Major Canadian hotel indoor waterparks include the
Ramada Hotel & Suites in Lethbridge, Alberta with 13,000 sf of indoor
waterpark and two waterslides, two pools and two spas, the Sheraton in
Calgary and a large independent in Edmonton.

Hotel Waterpark Resorts Under Construction
in USA & Canada

Eighteen (18) hotels with indoor waterparks are currently
under construction in the USA and Canada. The major projects are:

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Scott Enterprises	Erie PA	Indoor waterpark	77,000 sf
Kalahari Resort	Wisconsin Dells WI	Indoor waterpark expansion	60,000 sf
Wilderness Hotel & Golf	Wisconsin Dells WI	Indoor waterpark expansion	40,000 sf
Great Wolf Lodge	Traverse City MI	Hotel indoor waterpark	38,000 sf
Radisson Arrowood	Alexandria MN	Indoor waterpark addition	30,000 sf
Cranberry Lodge	Tomah WI	Indoor waterpark addition	10,300 sf

Kalahari Resort is doubling its indoor waterpark
space to 120,000 sf --- the largest in the USA. Wilderness Hotel &
Golf will bring its total indoor waterpark space to approximately 109,000
sf. Great Lakes Companies expects to open its 309 room property in Traverse
City in April of 2003 --- reportedly the largest log building in the world.

Other hotel indoor waterparks project of less than
10,000 sf are under construction in Dubuque IA, Boyne Falls MI, Maple Grove
MN, Missoula MT in the USA and in Drumheller AB, Edmonton AB, High Level
AB, Fort Nelson BC, Fort St John BC, Ottawa ON, Moose Jaw SK and Regina
SK in Canada.

Hotel Waterpark Resorts In Development

Twenty eight (28) hotel indoor waterpark projects
are in the planning stages for the following locations: McGregor IA, Utica
IL, Kansas City KS, Toledo Bend Lake LA, Dundee MI, Escanaba MI, Grand
Rapids MI, Breezy Point MN, Brooklyn Park MN, Hastings MN, Thief River
Falls MN, Minot ND, Syracuse NY, Niagara Falls ON, Lake Harmony PA, Pocono
Mountain Area PA, Sioux Falls SD, Tyler TX, Green Bay WI, Oconomowoc WI
and Sheboygan WI.