It's unfortunate there were mishaps and tragedies that led to its closure, but it'll still hold up as one of the coolest waterparks in Michigan's history.
Regardless of all the controversy, deaths and allegations, this place was a staple of so many childhoods and I can still remember going many times and enjoying being a kid in one of the best places around. Property includes over 750 slot machines, table games, an outdoor water park & lazy river, 220 hotel rooms, indoor heated pool, jacuzzi. I've known Jack Tocco, what difference does it make? I'd rather have Jack Tocco as a friend than 20 FBI agents. He openly gave an interview in 1983 to the Miami Herald about being friends with refuted Detroit mafia boss Jack Tocco: Louis 'Butch' Stramaglia was president of 4 Bears and was at the center of controversy for years, and after his brother died, things especially started to churn in the rumor mill. Located at the 4 Bears Casino & Lodge in New Town, North Dakota, this waterpark offers a fun-filled experience for people of all ages. Ask almost any resident of Metro Detroit about Four Bears and chances are the individual will rattle on about the park’s grand water slides, wave pool or bumper boats - a far cry from a would-be coke overdose, a self-inflicted gun shot wound to the chest and a slew of allegations and whispers that kept local and federal law enforcement officials relatively busy for much of the final two decades of the Twentieth Century.
