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build their own small and low cost concrete mini golf courses with the U-Build-It Mini Golf Kit from Adventure Golf Services (AGS). “The need for this concept,” explained Scott Lundmark, president of AGS, “was identified by our sales staff as they received inquiries from venues, with limited budgets and/or space. These clients have asked for a small 18-hole concrete miniature golf, which they can build. The U-Build-It Min Golf Kit helps an owner achieve this for as low as $50,000, depending upon geographic location.”
The U-Build-It Mini Golf Kit sells for $5,000 and provides each owner with everything needed to build a
Low-cost kit opens up mini-golf market C
ampsite owners, smaller hotel owners and other entertainment venues are now able to
2,100-square foot 18-hole course, according to AGS CEO & Chief Designer Arne Lundmark. Typically it can fit with a 112 by 64 foot (34 x 19.5 m) space. “One of the difficult aspects for an owner to build a course is the ability to layout the course while maintaining the same golf hole shapes, contours and topography as
New switch operation creates European opportunity A
new US bowling operation has sprung up, with the aim of bringing in European bowling products to the US market. Switch International has opened a New Jersey based joint venture called Switch
Bowling. The firm has partnered with John Fatigati, a third generation proprietor with over 25 years experience in the bowling industry, who will be running the company as president of Switch Bowling. Fatigati is the proprietor of Jersey Lanes in Linden and Parkway Lanes in Elmwood Park, New Jersey, as well as being the current President of the North Jersey BPASwitchViaSea (1).
The company was
founded in order to introduce European- designed and engineered bowling products at affordable prices to the US proprietors. It will have a supply ranging from complete new centres to modernisation, spare parts and consumables. “We will introduce new concepts suited to the North American investors,” said Fatigati.
ebounderz Indoor Trampoline Arena has opened in Sunrise, Florida. The 32,000-square-foot Rebounderz of Sunrise will include the Combination Jumper with 42 trampoline beds. Customers visiting the indoor family fun and fitness arena have the opportunity to use the large Combination Jumper for open jump and dodgeball games, a three-lane Ninja Warrior Course, four-lane back-to-back Basketball Slam, a Rebounderz JumpXtreme Tower, an indoor arcade and the new Air Pit – a giant airbag to jump onto.
Rebounderz Indoor Trampoline Arena Opens R
Rebounderz boasts arenas throughout the country in California, Florida, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia as well as an international arena in Panama City, Panama.
Italian job for Dubai park I
specified in the plan or design. We have addressed this issue. The kit includes computer precision cut mini golf putting turf to match the shape of the golf holes. This streamlines and speeds up the construction process, for an additional fee, a custom layout on the owner’s site can be provided if the owner provides site topography.”
The kit includes a pre-loaded budget spread sheet,
whereby the owner can fill-in the blanks based on local costs, which auto-populates the spreadsheet with the final numbers. AGS has included all things needed to build the course such as sub-base material, putting turf, edge system, hole cups, labour hours, concrete, equipment rental and optional features such as props and obstacles to enhance the course.
talian ride manufacturer IE Park, a key supplier of rides and attractions to locations throughout the Middle East, has announced the installation of
three rides at one of the latest venues to open in Dubai - IMG Worlds of Adventure. Centrally located within the heart of Dubai, it is the world’s largest indoor theme
park, owned and managed by IMG Worlds. Spanning 1.5 million square feet with over 20 rides and attractions, 28 F&B outlets and 25 retail stores. Theme park operator and manager, IMG Worlds chose three rides, The Ride of OOO (the monorail), Quinjet and Dino Carousel for the park, all supplied by IE Park. The Ride of OOO is located in the Cartoon Network zone and has a track height
of 12m, featuring eight four-seat gondolas, which travel around a 292m long track. The Quinjet is a Telecombat ride featuring 12 airplane style vehicles, each with two
seats, and utilises a hydraulic and pneumatic lift system for each of the 12 arms. Themed on Marvel’s Avengers, the ride is interactive and the winner of a ‘battle’ is declared after each ride. One of the airplanes is also equipped to allow access for guests with disabilities.
The 15m carousel supplied by IE Park is one of the company’s largest such rides and
is suitably themed for its place in the Lost Valley – Dinosaur Adventure zone. The ride incorporates six different designs of hand carved dinosaurs on which guests ride. Additionally there is a bench for passengers with disabilities and very small children, providing a total capacity of 44 riders. Direct access to the ride by wheelchair users is also a feature. “IMG Worlds of Adventure is a major development for Dubai and a key new opening for the attractions industry in the Middle East as a whole,” said IE Park managing director, Andrea Munari. “We are delighted to have been involved in the project with the supply of three new innovative rides, all carefully designed and themed to fit perfectly with the themed environments in which they operate.” Lennard Otto, CEO of IMG Worlds of Adventure, commented: “When we were creating IMG Worlds of Adventure it was important to create a new standard of theme park experience, one that appealed to Dubai’s tourists and visitors of all ages and therefore we chose three rides from IE Park as due to both their superior quality and glowing customer enjoyment they enabled us to achieve this goal.’’
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www.globalamusementsandplay.com February 2017
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