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Attractions jobs & news AM2.jobs US Bank Tower to be turned into LA attraction


The tallest building on the west coast of the US will soon open an observation deck and sky-high restaurant in an attempt turn the Los Angeles tower into a tourist attraction capable of drawing 500,000 visitors a year. The US Bank Tower, which first opened in 1989 at a cost of US$350m (€317.5m, £224m), was developed by the architectural team of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners and Ellerbe Becket. The new observation deck and restaurant, designed by Gensler, is the first of its kind in Southern California and will offer visitors expansive views of Los Angeles, stretching across the Hollywood hills, all the way to Catalina Island. Singapore investor Overseas Union


Enterprise (OUE) bought the tower in 2014 for US$367.5m (€335.4m, £235.7m). The building’s top floor will remain an


office for rent, while the 71st floor below it will be converted into a restaurant, offering 360º views of Los Angeles. The building’s 69th and 70th floors will be connected by an interior stairwell and then turned into an


The US Bank Tower, first opened its doors in 1989 at a cost of US$350m


observation deck and meeting space. The 69th floor already has pre-existing terraces which will be opened up to form an outdoor viewing space. To keep business and leisure separate,


a portal will be created on the second floor to serve visitors to the building. The new deck is planned to open in Q2 of 2016. More: http://lei.sr?a=G7s8J_A


Star Trek experience starting tour in Canada’s Aviation and Space Museum


The development will feature 12 areas


Australian Chinese cultural theme park in trouble


Plans for an AU$500m (US$466m, €348.4m, £276.6m) Chinese cultural theme park north of Sydney face major hurdles after a number of incidents have put the proposed attraction’s owners and key shareholders under scrutiny. Primarily, concerns were recently


raised by government members about the development’s financial backers, with an investigation now underway into claims that Wyong Shire mayor Doug Eaton failed to declare his wife’s financial interests in the theme park. More: http://lei.sr?a=B5V6g_A


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Canada’s Aviation and Space Museum is bringing its visitors a first-of-its-kind interactive educational exhibit based on the Star Trek franchise. Set to make its debut


in May 2016, the Starfleet Academy Experience is produced by EMS Enter- tainment. The immersive experience will take guests from an orientation process through a training programme involving simulated science, engineering, medical and command courses, through to graduation, and finally to the deck of an active starship. Visitors will learn about emerging technologies such as a functional tricorder (a data


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The exhibition is embarking on a tour of North America


scanner used in the show), NASA’s warp drive theory and the latest experiments with phasers and teleporters, as the experience combines the science fiction of Star Trek with real-world science.


The museum in Ottawa,


Ontario, is the first stop on a multi-city North American tour, with the temporary exhibition moving to a new location in September 2016. More: http://lei.sr?a=W8U6H_A


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