It seems this park has been several years in the planning - the compulsory purchase orders are just the latest step. The council seem very excited by the park. For example, on their council website they say,
As I'm sure I don't need to remind people, the books are based on the racist assumption that "primitive" civilisations couldn't have built complex structures and so it must have been aliens wot did it. Given we are living in an era where conspiracy theories and "alternative facts" abound, the support the council is showing to this park seems decidedly unwise.The proposed themed of the site is ‘Chariots of the Gods’ (COTG) - a series of novels written by Eric Von Däniken in the 1960s and 1970s, based upon unsolved mysteries of the past, such as the pyramids of Egypt and Mexico, ancient cave drawings, the monuments of Easter Island and alien visitors!
The project is a collaboration between Nikal Ltd, and Media Invest Entertainment, which owns the intellectual property rights of Chariots Of The Gods.
Blackpool Council is working closely with both parties to help ‘unlock’ this development opportunity which is envisaged to be delivered over several phases over an 8-9 year period.
I understand the need for councils to regenerate sites, but this seems like a terrible way to go about it. It's not even as if von Däniken-inspired theme parks are successful. The only other one I can find, in Switzerland, closed after 3 years due to poor attendance.