Holy Land Experience

The Holy Land Experience (HLE) was a Christian amusement park in Orlando, Florida and registered non-profit corporation.

The park had its origin in a dream of Marvin Rosenthal, a Baptist pastor of Russian Jewish descent, founder of the missionary organization Zion's Hope, who bought land in Orlando in 1989.

In 1994, Robert Van Kampen established a privately funded research library for the purpose of presenting the collection to the academic community as well as the general public.

[3] In June 2007, the Holy Land Experience Board of Directors sold the property to the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), for an estimated $37 million.

[4] At that time TBN planned to update the park and use the property to build a Central Florida broadcasting facility, and a movie studio in order to produce Christian films.

[6] Under TBN’s ownership, The Holy Land Experience underwent construction and the addition of new landscaping, exhibits, restaurants, and theaters which featured live musical and theatrical productions.

In February 2020, after a sharp decline in revenue for several years, the park announced that it would be laying off 118 employees, representing most of its staff, and would be ending all theatrical productions, restaurants and retail shops.

[9] On August 2, 2021, the property was sold to AdventHealth, which plans to redevelop the land for a new emergency department, hospital and office building.

Lake in the center of the park
Demolition of the colosseum
Scale model reconstruction of Jerusalem, A.D. 66 at Holy Land Experience, 2019
Scale model reconstruction of the Second Temple
God with us – Holy Land Experience
Holy Land Experience – God with us