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Heimo diversifies
German firm becomes project planner
Heimo is now offering an expanded theme park. Located in the
2013
range of services to its clients. heart of the capital, the park
While it continues to design and will feature attractions for all
build theming and animatronics, a ages based around this
newer and busier area of the enduring theme. As well as a
business right now is in the design playground and thrill rides
ehran: Opening
and planning of complete parks and attractions. there will also be a domed
in T
The new service came about by default rather than design (no pun intended) restaurant. Completion is
following requests from customers keen to exploit the company’s many years in scheduled for the beginning
the attractions business. Its employees are also stationed from time to time in real of 2011.
amusement facilities, such as Europa-Park. Located in Alexandria,
Donyapolis In Iran, Heimo has two projects on the go, both in the capital city of Tehran. Egypt, the Suzanne Mubarak
Donyapolis will be an “iconic” eight-storey building combining retail and Family Garden (named after
Atlantis in Tehran: Opening 2011
entertainment. A signature feature will be Heimo/Huss Park Attractions’ King the country’s first lady) is due to open a jungle-themed restaurant featuring an
Kong ride, placed on the sixth floor terrace for maximum impact. The thrilling indoor/outdoor rainforest covering 2,600 square-metres before the end of this
experience will be complemented by a 60-metre freefall tower in the centre of year. Animals, special effects and ever-changing sound and light displays will
the building and a 152-metre sky tower offering unique views over the city. The create a friendly, inspiring atmosphere for diners.
amusement park part of the project will also feature themed food and beverage Closer to home, Heimo
areas. has been asked to redesign
Covering a 7-hectare site, Donyapolis is expected to become a major an old indoor fun park at
attraction both for domestic and foreign visitors to Tehran. Heimo is designing the Weissenhäuser Strand near
project form scratch and hopes to have it completed by 2013. Hamburg. Covering two halls
Elsewhere in the city, the company is working on a compact Atlantis/lost empire and approximately 300 sq m,
the new-look facility will be
called Jungle Land and is set
to open next month
(October). Featured include a
fun house, themed jungle,
play area, rope course, gold
Jungle restaurant at Suzanne Mubarak Family
digging and two restaurants. Garden in Egypt: Opening soon!
Dreamland heritage park
secures lottery funding
The UK’s Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has given the green light to The Dreamland
Trust to move forward with its plans for the world’s first amusement park of
historic rides. Located on the site of the old Dreamland amusement park in
Margate, Kent, the park will celebrate the heritage of popular seaside culture, of
which this site is an important example.
The Trust has secured £384,500 ($631,000/Euro.186442,000) of funding and now
has two years to submit more detailed plans for the £2.65 million of HLF support
it is seeking for phase one of the project, which totals over £12 million.
That first phase will create an amusement park comprising rides salvaged from
other defunct parks around the UK, many of which are the last surviving
examples of their type. The centrepiece will be Dreamland’s Grade II-listed
Scenic Railway. Work will also be carried out on the Dreamland cinema building,
restoring its 1930s Modernist façade and installing an exhibition space. Entry to
the park and landscaped gardens will be free of charge with wristbands sold for
the rides. The Dreamland Trust predicts the facility will attract 700,000 annual
visits.
“We are committed to bringing this project to reality as quickly as possible,”
says Susan Marsh, the Trust’s honorary secretary. “This unique new visitor
attraction will provide a major boost for the tourism economy and give the
people of Margate what they have so long wished for – a revitalised
Dreamland.”
www.SaveDreamland.co.uk
10 SEPTEMBER 2009
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