Aurora is breaking ground on the first phase of a park on the former Sea World and Geauga Lake property, set to open in 2026.

After years of hard work, a groundbreaking ceremony was held Thursday at the old Sea World property in Aurora.

What would become Geauga Lake Park started in 1887 as a train stop with a picnic grove. The park added its first roller coaster, The Big Dipper, in 1925 and later had Ohio's first looping roller ...