<P> The ark is held 15 feet (4.6 m) off the ground by a series of concrete towers . The starboard side of the hull merges into three 80 - foot (24 m) masonry towers containing stairwells, elevators, and restrooms . A gift shop is positioned below the ark, while a restaurant called Emzara's Kitchen--an allusion to the traditional Jewish name for Noah's wife--is located behind the ark . The Ararat Ridge Zoo, a petting zoo, is also part of the attraction . </P> <P> On December 1, 2010, the young Earth creationism group Answers in Genesis (AiG) and the for - profit corporation Ark Encounter, LLC announced that they would partner to build a theme park called Ark Encounter that, as they claimed, would "lend credence to the biblical account of a catastrophic flood and to dispel doubts that Noah could have fit two of every kind of animal onto a 500 - foot - long ark". The partners projected that the fully completed park would cost $150 million, which they intended to raise privately . </P> <P> Under a program enacted by the Kentucky General Assembly in 2010, Ark Encounter investors applied for economic development incentives that would allow them to recoup 25 percent of the project's construction costs by keeping a portion of the park's sales taxes during its first ten years of operation . Receipt of the incentives would be contingent upon Ark Encounter meeting established performance goals upon opening . A press release from Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear's office cited a feasibility study commissioned by Ark Encounter, LLC and conducted by consumer research corporation America's Research Group Limited, Inc . The company had also conducted the feasibility study for AiG's Ark Encounter and an attitudinal survey included in Ken Ham's book Already Gone; ARC founder C. Britt Beemer was credited as a co-author of the book . This projected the park could employ 900 people, attract as many as 1.6 million visitors in its first year of operation, and generate a $214 million economic impact for the region . The group selected an 800 - acre (320 ha) parcel near Interstate 75 in Grant County, Kentucky, near the city of Williamstown and about 45 miles (70 km) from AiG's Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky . </P> <P> The city of Williamstown designated a 1.25 - mile (2.01 km) radius around the Ark Encounter site as a tax increment financing district, meaning 75 percent of sales and property taxes collected in the district would return to Ark Encounter for a period of 30 years . Employees working in the district would also pay a 2 percent employment tax over the same time frame that would go to the Ark Encounter . The Grant County Industrial Development Authority paid Ark Encounter, LLC $195,000 to compensate the corporation for the fact that word of their interest in building the attraction in Grant County had leaked early, causing land prices to double in the area . Further, the Grant County Fiscal Court discounted the sale price of 100 acres (40 ha) of the site to influence the final selection . Citing the proffered incentives, Ark Encounter, LLC made the Grant County site their final selection and scheduled groundbreaking for August 2011 . Plans for additional phases of the park include a model of the Tower of Babel, along with replicas of an ancient walled city and a first - century Middle Eastern village . </P>

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