Ice rink, water park touted for Lincoln Mall rescue

With a scheduled closing of Lincoln Mall less than two months away, a Matteson resident said he wants to convert the indoor mall into a “sports and entertainment campus.”

Ronnie Culver said he’s one of five partners in a venture that has proposed an ambitious project to build an indoor-outdoor water park, hotel, ice rink, bowling alley and movie theater using all or portions of the existing mall.

“It’s a win-win situation for everybody,” Culver said. “This will be a grand tourism destination spot…” Please click here to read Mike Nolan’s story in the Southtown Star.