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What is your top earning game?
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Jack Boylin, Camden Park, USA: Our top revenue producing game
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is balloon darts. Customers have really responded to our theming. The
game was already strong but in 2008 but we gave it a pirate theme and
billion US dollars – amount paid last that increased revenue further. I think the real reason for its continued
year by SG Investments (Goldman
popularity is that it is a skill game that is accessible to all levels, there is
Sachs) for Universal Studios Japan
almost always a winner but if you have some skill you can get a large prize
pretty quickly.
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Claudio Perantoni, Gardaland, Italy: Canyon Creek, a gold
mining attraction (pictured), was the top game of 2009 at Gardaland. I
metres – length of the zipline, nine
conceived and made this game because it offers a range of emotions. Our
decks above the boardwalk, on Oasis
staff wear cowboy dress and are an integral part of the experience. The
of the Seas, the world's largest cruise
game has been a huge success with children, but even adults play, daring
ship
friends and shouting
for joy when they find
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gold. Once they uncover a gold
nugget, it is weighed and our staff ring
US dollars – price per guest paid by
a bell so guests in the western village
Blackstone to acquire the former
know about it. This attracts further
Busch Entertainment parks business
players. The prize is a golden medal,
which the “miner" wears all day long in
the park. In fact, we sell numerous
500,000
medals just because people see them
and it’s becoming a real trend!
number of annual overnight stays at
Europa Park Resort, Germany John Collins, Indiana Beach, USA: Our top game overall is
an arcade game, Skee-Ball. It's a timeless classic, one that's popular
29,000,000
with the whole family. Our top midway game is Balloon Pop. It is
popular with parents because their kids play until they win.
US dollars – Disney chief Robert Iger's
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Ups &
Park Goes Dark - Monica's Park, a 9,000-square-
metre (96,875 sq ft) entertainment complex at
Taxing New Year - As BALPPA
Downs
Shopping Eldorado in São Paulo, Brazil, has closed
campaigns for reduced tax on
after 17 years of operation
admissions (VAT returned to 17.5%
in January), an increase in
business rates could hit British
parks and attractions even further
Flags Up? - US park operator
Six Flags could emerge from
bankruptcy as soon as March
Christmas Curtailed - An eBay user Ring Works? - Following revised
under an $830 million (
who bid £27,000 ($44,000/€32,000) attendance estimates, operators of Ring°Werk
€515m)
financing deal with lenders
to spend Christmas at England’s in Nürnberg reckon it could become
Warwick Castle pulled out. Operator profitable. The controversial motorsport park
Merlin Entertainments was due to donate had to be bailed out by the German
the fee to charity government before it opened last summer
6 FEBRUARY 2010
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