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New landmark for New Orleans?
US Thrill Rides has a signed a development agreement to build a large observation attraction in New Orleans, if its partner on the project is successful in winning a contract to transform the city’s World Trade Center building. Tw
Two Canal Str al Street Investors Inc is currently a finalist in
the competition to redevelop the site at the foot of Canal Street. As part of those plans, the company has made a $40 million deal with US Thrill Rides to realise a 320ft-tall (98m) structure named the New Orleans Tricentennial Tower.r. The eye-catching attraction would feature a double helix gondola viewing experience as well as a sky-high restaurant and observation deck. The tower would be ADA (American Disability Act) compliant and built to withstand Category 5 hurricane wind velocity.
To The vision is to create an “iconic” landmark and
observation experience, much like the Seattle’s Space Needle or the London Eye. The intended height of the tower and the downtown Riverfront location will apparently provide breathtaking 360° views of the Louisiana city’s French Quarter Commercial Business District, Mississippi River and greater New Orleans area.
“The Seattle Space Needle hosts well over one million visitors per year, Kitchen. “To
Together with Two To
ower would quic visitor attractions.”
r,” notes US Thrill Rides president Michael Tw Canal Street and our a
wo Ca al Street a d our additional
investor partners believe that a New Orleans’s Tricentennial Tower would quickly become one of the city’s most popular
In addition to the gondola ride and restaurant, the two parties also propose a “New Orleans 360 Interactive Experience”
interactive tour in association with the Louisiana Maritime Museum at the 300ft observation- deck level. Kitchen adds that the Aquarium of the Americas situated next to the W orld T rade Center Building already ower could help the city reach its
draws in excess of 1.5 million annual visitors and that the Tricentennial Tower could help the overall goal of 15 million.
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The New Orleans Building Corporation is expected to announce the results of the RFP (R equest for Proposal) process on March 23, 2015. If Tw March 23, 2015. If T wo Canal Street Investors is selected to redevelop the site, US Thrill Rides could have the Tricentennial Tower finished in time for a grand opening during the City of New Orleans Tricentennial celebrations in 2018.
Two Ca al Stree To
ished Merli
-Drive 360 update erlin Entertainments has set May
orida attractions, The Orlando Ey Orla do Aquariu 360 e
Animals Revealed
Drive 360. uttle link in place from
Stealing a march
on Merlin, a new attraction will open on International Drive (I-Drive) on April 25. Skeletons: Animals Unveiled will be filled with over 400 different animal skeletons including a rhino, giraffe, manatee, primates, birds, marine life, reptiles and a massive 14ft (4.3m) elephant.
14 . All three attractio t Skeletons:
rive. Joint ticketing deals are in pa orida, which has a
Legoland
Discovery Center Phoenix Merlin Entertainments is partnering again
with The Mills/Simon Companies to open a Le
Mills, Te Tempe, Arizona. The $12 million pe, Ar
L egoland Discovery Center (LDC) at Arizona Mills, T
r,,
indoor attraction will be Merlin’s seventh LDC to open in the USA. Named Legoland Discovery Center Phoenix, it will operate at Arizona Mills alongside Merlin’s existing Sea Life aquarium.
Maurer enters new era The Munich-based ride manufacturer Maurer
Söhne (Maurer & Sons) has changed its name r,
to simply Maurer r, and launched a new logo
and web presence to match. The steel fabricator
ricator r,, which also produces ts has set May 4 as the grand opening for its three new Central
Florida attractio s, The Orla do Eye, (pictured) Madame Tussauds and Sea Life rlando Aquarium. All hree attrac 60 entertainment and dining Drive. Joi
ns are located at the brand new I-Drive
ng complex in the heart of Orlando’s International pace with all three attractions and also L egoland
structural protection systems such as bridge bearings, expansion joints and seismic devices, remains in the ownership of the Beutler and Grill families, with Jörg Beutler as chairman of the supervisory board, while former managing directors Holger Krasmann and Dr Christian Braun have been appointed to the executive board. Heading up the amusement rides division is sales director W olfgang Brost, working alongside established colleagues including Hermann Bockhorni and V
Ve Vesna Osterloh. Steve
Boney remains as representative for North America. There have, however
have, however acing To last year along with Horst Ruhe.
Notable for rides including Rip Ride Rockit at Universal Studios Orlando, F iorano GT Challenge at F errari W orld Abu Dhabi, 10 Skyloops coasters and multiple spinning coasters, Maurer will now focus exclusively on rollercoasters, although it will continues to build giant wheels on a subcontract basis.
r,, been some
staff changes. Judith Klein is the new head of marketing, replaci
Torsten Schmitt, who left
Arizona Mills
MARCH 2015
MARCH 2015
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