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Liseberg has announced that its planned indoor waterpark and hotel complex is expected to open in 2021. The SEK 1.9 billion (€200m) project in the Swedish city of Gothenburg will include a year-round 2,800 capacity waterpark with 10 waterslides and attractions, eight pools, two water play areas and a 400-cover restaurant. Pitched at families, rooms in the hotel will feature four to six beds. Funding is in place for the project, but is still awaits approval from Gothenburg authorities. Given the amusement park's city links, however, that hopefully will just be a formality.
Following the start of construction on a hotel at Plopsaland De Panne, the Studio 100/Plopsa group has announced its plans to construct a holiday village on camp ground behind its flagship property on the Belgian coast. Around €30 million will be invested in 150 holiday houses themed to Studio 100 franchises such as Wicky de Viking, K3, and Kabouter Plop.
BRC Imagination Arts informs us that three of its museum/brand centre clients experienced record- breaking years in 2016. The Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, Michigan, recorded its highest attendance since 2012 by attracting nearly 1.8 million visitors, up 5% over 2015. The Guinness Storehouse in
Dublin remains Ireland’s no.1 visitor attraction with almost 1.7 million guests in 2016, an impressive 10% leap over the previous year. Those who prefer their beer golden rather than black helped Amsterdam's Heineken Experience surpass the 1 million visitor mark. On peak days, almost 5,000 people enjoyed the brewery experience, tasting bar, brewery simulator ride and Heineken stable walk.
VRstudios has partnered with Knott’s Berry Farm and parent company Cedar Fair to design and install a virtual reality experience at the park in Buena Park outside Los Angeles. The custom-built, free-roaming VR installation follows the abrupt closure last Halloween season of the attraction Fear VR, which Knott's management pulled the plug on after complaints from mental health advocates. The new VR experience, which will be available to guests for a small fee on top of regular park admission, will open in the second quarter of the year.
For the 2017 season Lagotronics Projects will update the Ghost Hunt dark ride at Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut, with new shooters, targets and gaming system using LEDs, which are safer and much more reliable than older-style guns. It is the Dutch company's first entry into the US market.
Picsolve, the photo and video capture specialist for the attractions industry, is expanding its UK headquarters in Derby to host a new technology development division for 25 recruits. The expanded team will join an existing staff of 60. The company, which also boasts offices in Orlando, Hong Kong and Dubai, has always maintained a presence in Derby, the East Midlands city in which 12% of the workforce is employed within high tech roles (Rolls Royce, the aircraft engine supplier, is another local employer).
UK design and theming company Scruffy Dog is about to open a new studio in East London – just 20 minutes from London City Airport – to accommodate its ever-expanding creative teams. “It’s great to be able to return to London with this fantastic new team,” says Joe Bright, managing director of Scruffy Dog, which also has a base in Birmingham. “The space is just a stone’s throw away from where the company started 10 years ago in my friend's garage with just me. Our new stimulating interior design will ensure our team are never lacking in creativity.” As well as state-of-the-art hardware, software and interactive conferencing suites, the studio will also feature stools equipped with cycling peddles that power ‘imagination bulbs’, a pool table and secret meeting rooms.
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