Mobile could be getting a new water park, after the Mobile County Commission announced a new partnership at their meeting Thursday.

“It’s taken awhile, there’s a lot of details, the devil’s always in the details,” Mobile County Commissioner Connie Hudson, who has spearheaded the project, said Thursday.

Hudson said the commission hopes to sign a non-binding letter of intent to partner with Leisure Sports and Recreation Group (LSAR), a Louisiana-based developer, for the creation of “Jubilee Park,” a 90-acre water park and recreation center on Halls Mill Road. “We’re so grateful for your interest and your investment, your willingness to invest in this community,” she said.

The projected $60 million park would be adjacent to the forthcoming aquatic center, as well as the 10-field soccer complex. Glenn Haggerty, CEO of LSAR, said the water park should help support the aquatic center and complex to attract tournaments and events.

Jubilee Park would feature several different elements: in addition to the outdoor water park attractions such a waterslide, wave pool and lazy river, the park would also feature an indoor multi-use center, RV and bungalow sites, an indoor water park, and “Jubilee Square and Boardwalk,” featuring restaurants and stores.

The outdoor water park would be open during the spring and summer; other attractions would be open throughout the year.

“With the vision of Commissioner Hudson, and our team, we believe that we have put together a plan that is much more economically viable and successful,” Paul Rees, president of LSAR, said during the meeting. “We believe that a larger scale development that can tie into and capitalize what has already been built, with the soccer complex, ideally situated for this location.”

However, Haggerty stresses that this is all conceptual. The letter of intent allows LSAR to begin master planning and conduct feasibility studies. Planning the new water park will take place over the next year.

Jubilee Park is anticipated to cost around $60 million. Sharee Broussard, a spokesperson for the county commission, said how the cost would be split has not been set yet.

Some of the elements of the water park, including the multi-use center and boardwalk, could be open as early as 2027. The water park is projected to open in spring of 2029.

Hudson said she’s been in contact with LSAR for four years. The group, which operates Gulf Islands Waterpark in Gulfport, Miss., became interested in developing in Mobile because of the growth in the city’s tourism industry, Haggerty said. The site’s proximity to Interstate 10 and Interstate 65 was also attractive to the developers.

Haggerty said LSAR projects the water park will receive 400,000-500,000 visitors annually, hoping to attract visitors throughout the region, from Texas to Florida and Georgia.

Construction of the water park is expected to generate 300 jobs. Once operational, LSAR projects the park will have 50 full-time jobs, and 300-400 seasonal jobs. An additional 100-200 jobs would be created indirectly from the park, Haggerty said.

In total, LSAR estimates the park will generate $3.75 million to $4.9 million of tax revenue annually. However, that number would be affected by any tax incentives that the development would receive, Haggerty said.

Hudson has pushed for a water park at the Halls Mill site for years, as she’s worked to secure the funding for the soccer complex and aquatic center.

The aquatic center, which is under construction now, will feature the city’s first Olympic-sized competition pool. The first phase of the aquatic center is expected to cost more than $23 million.