Theme park
Six Flags lines up Dubai for first international location
A Six Flags-branded theme park is finally coming to Dubai. A strategic partnership has been signed between Six Flags Entertainment Corporation and Dubai-based Meraas Leisure and Entertainment to open the park in 2017. It will be located within Meraas’ multi-theme
park development in Jebel Ali. Financial terms of the partnership have not been disclosed. Six Flags first announced plans for a Dubai
theme park in 2008, to be built by another company, Tatweer. The companies also unveiled plans for a Qatar park, only for both projects to be shelved. Six Flags is once again focused on growth and is fully committed to an international expansion strategy. Details:
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Italy’s Bologna to house ‘foodie theme park’
The Italian city of Bologna is set to become home to a US$55m (€40m, £33.4m) “foodie theme park” intended to celebrate the finest facets of traditional Italian cuisine. Te joint venture between
Italian food-emporium chain Eataly – which boasts 26 stores worldwide, including a New York City megastore co-owned by renowned gas- tronomist Mario Batali – and the Municipality of Bologna is expected to be served up in November 2015 and will cover 86,000sq ſt (7,900sq m). Te land, which currently
houses several abandoned warehouses, has been pro- vided by the city-controlled Centro Agro Alimentare. It is to be transformed into Fico Eataly World – a theme park featuring restaurants,
Bologna is best known for rambling streets and terracotta rooſtops With tourism a major Italian
grocery stores, food labs, an aquarium and several other food-themed features. Speaking to Italy’s national
online news service, Eataly founder Oscar Farinetti expressed his excitement and announced his ambition to lure over 10 million visitors a year to his attraction, inviting them to “play with this magi- cal thing: Italian food.”
strength – more than 46 mil- lion visitors spent US$32.1bn (€23.3m, £19.3m) in Italy in 2012, according to the UN Tourism Barometer – the “Disneyland for food” marks the latest project aiming to convert the country’s heritage into a money-making antidote for Italy’s ailing economy. Details:
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Puy du Fou-style park for Auckland Castle Construction preparations for the parks have begun
Details released for Russia’s Dreamworks theme parks
Russian development company Regions Group has confirmed the locations of its three Dreamworks-branded theme parks - which it says will be the largest indoor themed amusement parks in Europe. Amiran Mutsoev, member of the board
of directors of the Regions Group, told Attractions Management that Nagatinskaya Poyma park in Moscow, Rzhevka in Saint Petersburg, and Polevskoy Trakt in Yekaterinburg, have been selected as the locations for the Dreamworks parks. Te first to open will be the Moscow site in 2017, with total investment of US$1bn (€7.23m, £5.98m). The total cost to implement all three
projects will be approximately US$3bn (€2.17bn, £1.79bn), according to Mutsoev. Te company has signed an exclusive
licensing agreement with Dreamworks Animation to use the themes of the stu- dio’s animated films, with Dreamworks designing the creative image of the park. Meanwhile, Regions Group will construct, own and manage the parks. Details:
http://lei.sr?a=B7R4W
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French theme park Puy du Fou has announced it will partner with Auckland Castle in the UK to create its first international location. The historical re-enact-
ment park – which is located in the Vendée region of Western France – has signed a deal with the Eleven Arches Trust to create a major visitor attraction in County Durham. Te project is the brainchild
of entrepreneur Jonathan Ruffer, who bought Auckland Castle in 2012 and handed it to Auckland Castle Trust to transform into a world-class tourist destination as part of a £50m (US$84m, €61m) investment. The new concept will be
based on the Puy du Fou, which has both a theme park – The Grand Parc – and a spectacular night show – the Cinéscénie. It will aim to bring both regional and national history to life. Te project will be rolled
out in two phases. Te first features the launch of an
Te Puy du Fou in France won the Tea Classic award in 2012
80-minute night show in 2016 in the style of the Cinéscénie. Te show will run as a not- for-profit venture, with Puy du Fou assisting in the creation and staging of the show as an official partner. The show will celebrate
2,000 years of regional history, drawing on the opening cere- mony of the 2012 Olympics in London for inspiration. It will
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use Auckland Castle as a back- drop and feature large-scale re-enactments, projections, music, water fountains and pyrotechnics. The second development phase – a theme park – will open in 2020. Construction will cost £80m ($134m, €97m) and the park will aim to attract roughly 800,000 visitors a year. Details:
http://lei.sr?a=U2h3Z
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