‘Thank you for all the wonderful memories': San Jose's Raging Waters permanently closinghttps://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/south-bay/san-joses-raging-waters-closing/3311893/Raging Waters San Jose announced Wednesday that it's closing for the season and will not be reopening in 2024.
The water park posted on Facebook that they are thankful for the community and its team members for "helping us bring Northern California’s Largest Water Park to life for nearly four decades."
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The owner of Raging Waters told NBC Bay Area the closure was a "business decision." It comes a year after the company also shut down Racing Waters in Sacramento.
San Jose City Leaders said they saw this move coming due to declining attendance and only a year left on the park's lease, but they didn't foresee the announcement coming so soon.
Raging Waters is located in one of the less wonderful parts of San Jose - not the worst, just not wonderful. Access isn't wonderful either, about 2 miles from US 101 freeway through low-rider-ville and past a busy (= traffic) mall.
As for how employees were notified, there's no way a, "We're closing and you need to look for a new job," message will be welcome or get style points. It is sad that a more economically challenged area is losing all those jobs.
