$250M Great Wolf Lodge takes shape as opening day approaches

Construction of the new family-friendly Naples resort is well underway as the company readies for its first guests in September.

By Louis Llovio
| 5:00 a.m. April 23, 2024
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Construction of the new Great Wolf Lodge South Florida in Naples is well underway as the company readies for its first guests September 25.

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With just five months to go before opening, officials at Great Wolf Lodge allowed about 50 visitors to tour the construction site April 18 for a sneak peek at what the new Naples resort will look like.

Great Wolf Lodge is a family-friendly chain of themed resorts centered around indoor waterparks. The $250 million Naples resort, Great Wolf Lodge South Florida, is being built on 20 acres just off of Interstate 75 on the eastern end of Collier County, near the Paradise Coast Sports Complex. Madison, Wisconsin-based Great Wolf Lodge broke ground on the resort in July 2022.

The resort, for now, is remains an active construction site, but many of the attractions and features the company is known for — and that will draw in tourists — looked ready to dive into. A bad pun considering there is no water yet and that much more work is needed.