<P> SeaWorld Ohio opened to the public in the spring of 1970 . The Ohio location was the second SeaWorld park to open in the chain, following SeaWorld San Diego which opened just six years earlier . SeaWorld originally looked into Ohio because the company believed their San Diego park was an attraction for total families, and wanted an area where parents do things with their kids . Their studies continued to show the Midwest as a potential location . Also, the area between Detroit and Pittsburgh is within a days drive of half of the country's population . SeaWorld considered placing their second park near Youngstown, Ohio, but was persuaded to move north toward Cleveland by Funtime Inc., owners of Geauga Lake Park . Funtime saw the parks working together to become regional destinations . SeaWorld Ohio was located approximately 20 miles southeast of Cleveland, Ohio in the Western Reserve city of Aurora . The marine park shared the lakefront of Geauga Lake with Geauga Lake Amusement Park, which only boasted two rollercoasters at the time . Shortly after opening, SeaWorld Ohio was recognized as one of mid-America's most interesting and unique entertainment centers . The park gained over one million visitors between Memorial day and Labor day weekend each summer . The Ohio park also featured the same shows, exhibits, and attractions as the Florida and California Locations . </P> <P> After the success of Walt Disney World in 1971, SeaWorld viewed Orlando, Florida as perfect location for another park . The company added the third park to the chain, SeaWorld Orlando, in 1973 . SeaWorld San Antonio was later built in 1988 . </P> <P> SeaWorld Entertainment never added a rollercoaster or flat ride to the Ohio park . The first rollercoaster in the chain was Great White, introduced to SeaWorld San Antonio in 1997 . The Orlando and San Antonio parks added several rollercoasters, but SeaWorld Ohio and San Diego did not . SeaWorld Ohio had an agreement with Geauga Lake not to compete . The two parks actually complemented each other and worked together on many promotions . Also, though both parks were only a mile apart, they were in separate townships . The city of Aurora placed height restrictions on the property that made SeaWorld Ohio incapable of adding a tall rollercoaster . </P> <P> Across the lake, Geauga Lake Park was sold in 1995 to Premier Parks, and expanded to replace a roller coaster with a newer version just a year later . Long before the sale to Premier, Geauga Lake had a water park since the early 1980s plus it offered a beach at the small lake until the late 1980s . Geauga lake also added The Wave, one of the largest wave pools of its time . At the beginning of the 1999 season SeaWorld Ohio was being referred to as SeaWorld Cleveland by parent company Anheuser Busch and all SeaWorld parks received a new logo . In 1998, Premiere Parks bought the Six Flags company and later re-branded Geauga Lake as Six Flags Ohio in 2000 . After the conversion Six Flags refused to cross promote with SeaWorld Cleveland . </P>

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