ATTRACTIONS
US$1.5bn Malaysian project to get theme park
A million-sq ft (92,903sq m) theme park is the latest addition to plans for the RM5bn ($1.5bn, E1.1bn, £916m) development The TWO in Rawang, Malaysia. Developers DA Land have enlisted Australian fi rm Sanderson Group – an integrated tourism desti- nation specialist which has worked with Disney, Warner Bros, Universal Studios – to conceptualise, design and operate what is expected to be an indoor and outdoor theme park. The RM300m ($91m, E66m, £55m) theme park is likely to encompass themed rides and shows, water slides, adventure sports and themed dining.
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http://lei.sr?a=H3M4g Ferrari Land will include the highest and fastest vertical accelerator rollercoaster in Europe Ferrari-branded hotel and theme park set for Spain
Europe is to get its fi rst Ferrari-branded fi ve- star hotel and theme park when a resort opens near Barcelona, Spain in 2016. Ferrari Land will cover 75,000sq m (807,000sq ft), housing a premium 250- room hotel with several restaurants, as well as large simulation areas to be used for car racing and shops. The theme park itself will feature high- octane rides, including the highest and fastest vertical accelerator in Europe. An existing Ferrari World attraction is located in Abu Dhabi, while the new branded site is to be the sole Ferrari theme park in Europe and will cost an esti-
mated E100m (£83m, US$139m) to build. The deal between PortAventura
Entertainment – a company majority owned by investment subsidiaries of the Investindustrial group and KKR – and Ferrari will see the attraction open within the PortAventura destination resort near Barcelona. PortAventura receives nearly four million visits annually, of which nearly 50 per cent come from outside Spain. According to Ferrari, the success of its Abu Dhabi attraction meant many offers were on the table, but the company chose Spain after a “thorough selection process.” Read more:
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The 56-year-old is currently fundraising
Afrika Bambaataa plans NY hip-hop museum
Proposed legislation would ban California Orca shows Blackfi sh claimed captivity drove a whale insane 20
In the wake of CNN’s controversial doc- umentary Blackfi sh, about the whale Tilikum which has killed several trainers, state legislation looms large in California, US, that would ban orca shows, spelling trouble for SeaWorld attractions. At present, there are no laws prevent- ing the captive display of killer whales, but there are federal laws governing the care, capture and research use of the crea- tures. The proposed law would end all killer whale entertainment in the state. Read more:
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Hip-hop master Afrika Bambaataa is developing a museum proposal dedicated to the music genre with fellow artists Grandmaster Melle Mel, Grandmaster Caz and Grand Wizard Theodore.
The musicians plan to open the
Universal Hip Hop Museum in the re-developed Kingsbridge Armory in The Bronx, New York, by 2017. Afrika Bambaataa, 56, hopes to
serve on an advisory committee for the museum and help raise money for its development if the local con- sultative board chooses to support the hip-hop venture over other com- munity groups’ proposals.
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