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respondin2u t1_jeaaaq2 wrote

They tried to buy up land in Virginia in the 90’s to build another resort but word got out what they were trying to do and it fell apart. Not to mention some of the ideas of what they wanted to do involved white washing American history to the point it was quite offensive.

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Railroader17 t1_jeb1fpj wrote

Probably didn't help that it was close to a Civil War Battlefield which caused historians to take action against them.

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mobilehobo t1_jedy81f wrote

I saw another comment that said the proposed site is all subdivisions and housing now so that may have just been a convincing argument to win at the time

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