If you've ever wanted to drive a forklift or excavate dirt for fun, there's a construction theme park coming to Sevierville. 

Adults and kids can ride, drive and operate real construction equipment at Dig'n Zone Theme Park, which broke ground Aug. 23 and is slated to open spring 2023.

The park will have more than 25 attractions that allow families to ride, drive and operate different construction equipment. 

Weston O'Dell and two other partners, Grant Hensley and Gary Allen, are investing about $25 million into the 27-acre theme park. 

O'Dell estimated the park, located at 1707 Veterans Blvd. near LeConte Medical Center, will bring 100 jobs to Sevierville.

O'Dell told Knox News they want to bring a fresh idea to an area saturated with theme parks and create a place families can spend the entire day. 

"We just want people to have a good six-hour experience" with good memories for a good value, he said. 

The price of admission won't be set until December or January, O'Dell said, but it will be "competitive" with other attractions in the area. 

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Featured rides at the park include an excavator with a modified bucket in which guests can sit and swing around and a modified mining truck where guests will feel like they're getting dumped out of the truck bed. 

Games and activities using construction equipment will also be available, such as a variation on the game Operation using an excavator.

The park has partnered with Caterpillar Inc., which will supply all the vehicles and machines, O'Dell said. All of the equipment will be modified and safe for guests to use. 

There are a few other construction theme parks in the world, including New Jersey's Diggerland USA, the three locations of Diggerland UK in the United Kingdom, and Extreme Sandbox in Minnesota.

The idea for Dig'n Zone came to O'Dell in 2016 while watching the business pitch show "Shark Tank" with his wife. 

The founders of Extreme Sandbox pitched their business and secured investment from Mark Cuban and Kevin O'Leary, and O'Dell's wife mentioned that it would be a great concept for the Pigeon Forge area.

A Corryton native, O'Dell agreed Sevier County would be the perfect place for the concept. 

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While Extreme Sandbox only caters to adults, O'Dell said he wanted to create something for adults and kids. 

"I grew up, I guess all of (the partners) grew up on farms and around construction equipment and  farm equipment," O'Dell said. "(I) never really thought about people really enjoying it, even though it is a lot of fun."

But as it would turn out, a lot of people said they would enjoy it. O'Dell took the idea to Facebook and was inundated with comments about how folks had always wanted to try operating construction equipment.

O'Dell said he want's to provide those "bucket list" experiences for people. 

In addition to the rides and attractions, Dig'n Zone will host seasonal experiences, from a hay ride and corn maze in the fall to Christmas lights during the holiday season. 

Caterpillar will use the venue, O'Dell said, to unveil and demo its new products and host employee days. O'Dell said the park will add new attractions every year to give visitors something new.