Theme Park News US$3.1bn theme park for Hubei
Los Angeles, US-based Ikonic Entertainment Group has secured a deal with invest- ment company Taichi Lake Group to design and develop a Tai Chi and Kung Fu-themed visitor attraction complex in Hubei, China. Ikonic will provide master
planning, concept creation, schematic design and con- struction oversight services
for the US$3.1bn (£2bn, E2.4bn) project, which is touted as the largest theme park ever to open in China. Te attraction, due to open in 2015, will
Te theme park will be based on Chinese culture and traditions Te agreement will feature Ikonic as the
include a Taichi Kung Fu theme park and a large theatre for live shows. It is estimated that the agreement reached between Ikonic and Taichi Lake Group will generate several hun- dred jobs – as well as revenues – for numerous Los Angeles-based subcontractors and service providers over the next three years.
master designer and project manager for a series of projects commissioned by Taichi Lake Group. Tese include a Kung Fu-oriented theme park at Wudang Mountain, Hubei Province; an amusement park in Qingzhou, Shandong Province; and a live show combin- ing Daoist and Taichi Kung Fu culture with Western entertainment concepts.
Cartoon Network to open branded attractions in Asia
Cartoon Network Enterprises, part of the Turner Entertainment group, is to open more branded visitor attractions across Asia Pacific. Te attractions will include family enter-
tainment centres, themed zones and learning spaces and will feature characters from the
company’s cartoon portfolio – including Ben 10 and Te Powerpuff Girls. Te news comes as Cartoon Network Asia
Pacific acquired rights to Chaplin and Co - an animated series created by India-based DQ Entertainment and Method Animation.
Permanent Madame Tussauds for Tokyo
Merlin Entertainments has confirmed that it will open a permanent Madame Tussauds at Decks Tokyo Beach Mall in the Japanese capital in April 2013. Te attraction will open alongside the company’s new Legoland Discovery Centre which opens later this year. Te decision to open a per- manent Madame Tussauds follows the success of a tem- porary waxwork attraction at the same location. Russell Barnes, Merlin’s
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Madame Tussauds Tokyo will be located next to Legoland Discovery Centre
divisional director of Midway Developments said: “Our daily customer feed- back survey has shown that visitors to the Tokyo attraction, both local and tourists, have obviously loved the experience, and been fas- cinated by the wax figures of their heroes. Te new exhibition will take this experience
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to another level – not just with three or four times as many figures, but without ropes and barriers, and with really immersive sets. Visitors will have no problem believing that they really are standing beside, or even ‘inter- acting’ with their heroes.”
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