DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE: THEME PARKS DUBAI ADVENTURE STUDIOS
Arabian Ranches intersection, Dubai OPENING 2014
Dubai-based real estate company Meraas has partnered with Bollywood producer Ritesh Sidhwani to develop its AED2.2bn (£382m, €447m, US$599m) movie-based theme park – Dubai Adventure Studios. Sidhwani will act as the brand ambassador and assist in advising Meraas on films that will be incorporated at the park. The park will comprise five zones featuring games and new-generation rides.
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XIHA YOUJI THEME PARK Chongqing, China
OPENING 2016
The local government of Chongqing in China is planning to invest 3.5bn yuan (£364m, €426m, US$571m) in a theme park based on the homegrown cartoon Xiha Youji, according to the Global Times. Cartoon producer Hu Yigang says the company has learned from Disneyland’s business model and the theme park will be filled with animated characters and scenery from the cartoon. He has ambitions to build more theme parks in 10 provinces across the country.
The Visions of China theme park, planned for a former opencast coal mine in the Rother Valley Country Park in Yorkshire, is one step closer to development with a lease agreement signed between the local council and the developers.
The proposed 120-acre (49-hectare) attraction is projected to cost more than £100m (€117m, US$157m) and would showcase Chinese architecture, garden design and culture and customs. A Rotherham Borough Council spokes- person confirmed that the authority has entered agreements for the leasing of 153 acres (62 hectares) of land, meaning developer Mid City Developments (MCD)
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The former opencast mine in Yorkshire will be transformed into a Chinese-themed park
VISIONS OF CHINA Rotherham, UK
OPENING TBC
and leisure operator China Vision Ltd can move ahead with plans for the project. Rotherham Borough Council picked Visions of China as the preferred develop- ment for the former Pithouse West colliery site in 2011, stating the attraction would increase visitor numbers to the county. China Vision expects 1.5 million people to visit the park each year, where they will see oriental lakes and gardens, a China- town retail street, a Shaolin temple, a the- atre, a children’s “fantasy land”, restaurants and an Oriental-themed spa and hotel. The project, led by Brightaspect manag- ing director Peter Moore and MCD chief ex- ecutive Steven Byrne, is expected to create 200 jobs during its two-year construction and 380 permanent jobs once in operation. Moore, former managing director of Cen-
ter Parcs, said they will work closely with Chinese architects to ensure authenticity.
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