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DJ BoBo opens the Europa-Park Arena
Europa-Park Arena Big investments on stage and behind-the-scenes at Germany's no.1
Europa-Park Arena opening night
of our family business," says Europa-Park's Jürgen Mack. “It is an investment in our company employees, our infrastructure, and our guests.” Back inside the park, visitors can look forward this season to the arrival of Europe's
largest flying theatre experience (see page 38). The elaborately-themed attraction, which features a pair of ride systems from Brogent Technologies has the working title Project V and is set inside a fictional flying school as passengers embark on an exhilarating flight over vatious European destinations and landmarks. Located in Rust near Freiburg, part of the Black Forest, Europa-Park is Germany's
no.1 amusement park with over 5 million annual guests. It's also the busiest non-Disney theme park in Europe.
The new logistics centre
Europa-Park Arena, which has an area of almost 3,000 square metres (60 x 49m), has a clear height of 13m, making it possible to realise technically complex stage constructions. Europa-Park has been making big investments behind-the-scenes of late, inlcluding
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the completion of a new logistics centre. Opened just days after the arena on the area of the former staff car park, the 8,000 sq m building will handle all deliveries into the park, meaning items such as food & beverage, shopping, games, marketing, central purchasing and human resourcescan are now handled under one roof. Built at a cost of €10 million, the warehouse has space for up to 2,000 pallets, a
1,400m-wide area for storing small items and a large refrigeration and freezer area. An area has already been reserved for supplies in relaiton to the new waterpark being built across the road from Europa-Park. New offices and meeting rooms as well as a bus stop for the employees have also been built during the course of the construction. The new logistics centre has created jobs for around 100 employees. "The construction of the logistics centre is an important step in the future development
Qingyuan Delight
Built above a shopping mall in the Guangdong Province of China, the Qingyuan Delight is believed to be the country's tallest rooftop observation wheel. The attraction towers 101-metres (330ft) over the Mayland lake resort in Qingyaun, north of Guangzhou, and features a wheel diameter of 84m (275ft). Built by the Shanghai Amusement Machine Engineering Co Ltd (SAME), the ride was officially opened last May, and is similar in appearance to a wheel completed by manufacturer in the northeastern Chinese city of Tianjin in 2009. Yet whereas the “Tianjin Eye” is accessed by a bridge carrying a highway, to
board the Qingyuan Delight, passengers must climb to the second level of the shopping mall. The ride's 48 eight-seater gondolas offer views of the Mayland lake and surrounding scenery. On a clear day, we are told, passengers can even see the famous Canton Tower in Guangzhou. The Qingyuan Delight's simple chevron bracing echoes the building’s simplism
aesthetics. Moreover, hundreds of thousands of LEDs bring the wheel to life after dark, as music plays in the plaza below. In installing the wheel, the shopping mall's owner's hope to improve the commercial value of the surrounding “culture strip”.
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wiss superstar DJ BoBo opened Europa-Park's new 6,000 capacity live entertainment arena last month, ahead of a world tour which starts in April. The gig on January 13 was followed by two more sold-out performances. The
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