2020
Silver Award
General Contractor

Projects of Distinction

Project

Wilderness Take Flight Theater

Winner

Holtz Builders, Inc

Location

Wisconsin Dells, WI

Owner

Wilderness Group Corporation

Designer

Architectural Design Consultants, Inc.

About the Project

The Wilderness Hotel and Golf Resort came to Holtz Builders with a vision for a first-of-its-kind amusement ride in the Wisconsin Dells Area – the Take Flight Theater. This four-story steel engineered project at an existing waterpark resort consists of a 60-seat interactive theater in approximately 24,000 square feet, which required constructing the largest screen ever built in America. HBI utilized a crane to load two towers to ensure the masons could work on them simultaneously. In two and half weeks both towers, over 60′ tall, were completed. The COVID-19 pandemic created many unique problems for this unique project, including keeping a Canadian-based theater company that was essential to completing the project from coming on site after the borders were shut down. The completed project ties together high-speed doors, seats, scents and wind in perfect timing to create an ultimate guest experience.

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