Carowinds to build an $11 million ride -- in South Cackalacky

Technically it will be on the South Carolina side of the theme park, but Carowinds has announced that it will build an $11 million ride.

... Fort Mill attorney B. Bayles Mack, who represented Carowinds at Monday's York County Council meeting, confirmed his client plans to build a new ride but wouldn't give more details[ according to the Charlotte Observer].

“There will be some other facilities as well, I'm sure,” Mack said.

The original 2004 “fee-in-lieu-of-taxes” agreement between the county and then-Carowinds owner Paramount called for the park to invest $17 million on the York County end of the 112-acre park, which straddles the S.C.-N.C. state line. That pact was set to expire Dec. 31.

To date, Carowinds has spent about $14 million on the S.C. side of the park under the agreement.

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This past year, Carowinds added its first new coaster in five years, the Carolina Cobra. The attraction is the second tallest at the park.

The coaster follows the $4 million Nighthawk, which was added in 2004.