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JULY 2018
4 Park Hoppin’ With Paul Ruben
5 Front Gate Our regular feature
6-24 Park News Your monthly round-up
25 AAE Industry Event
27 Park World Excellence Awards Industry Event
28-29 Rocky Mountain Construction Cover Story
31-32 TEA/AECOM Theme Index Market Report
34-35 American Dream Meadowlands Park Bloggin’
36-37 Electric Eel Ride Profile
38-40 Paulton’s Park Park Update
42-44 ICON Ride Profile
46-48 Bill Coan, ITEC Entertainment Park People
50-51 Sparky’s FEC Profile
52-53 Wanda Nanjing Theme Park Asia-Pacific
54-57 ACOLAP X Meeting Latin America
58 Coin-Op News Your monthly round-up
64 Show Guide Calendar
65 Who’s Who Your guide to the industry’s big names
66 Web Guide Online Resources
THIS MONTH’S COVER SHOT: P52 Editor: P42 P28
Park Word
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This issue of Park World makes a broad sweep over the global entertainment industry, covering a number of different attraction types and featuring content from all over the world. Starting in the UK with our guide to new mega coaster ICON at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, we then head over to Saudi Arabia, China and the US, before heading back to Paulton’s Park, just down the road from Park World HQ in the UK.
Our July issue also highlights the growing scale and ambition of location based entertainment in malls, shopping centres and family entertainment centres. The American Dream Mall (page 34) which is set to open in New Jersey early next year, will dedicate 55% of its space to entertainment, and only 45% to retail. Its themed waterpark and amusement park will easily rival standalone parks in size and range of attractions.
Elsewhere in this month’s issue, we cover the launch of the Park World Excellence Awards, a new event designed to honour talent in the European attractions industry (page 27). Created by Datateam Business Media, the publisher of Park World, it has categories for operators, suppliers, manufacturers and entertainment specialists from across the continent. Only members of the industry may take enter, nominate and vote – and the deadline for entries and nominations is rapidly approaching, so if you there is a project from the last 12 months that you feel has pushed the boundaries, changed the game and other superlative of your choice, visit
www.parkworldexcellenceawards.com to nominate today!
Happy reading! Bryony Andrews, editor
Bryony Andrews (+44 1622 699137)
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North American Editor: Paul Ruben (+1 585 381 1012)
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Assistant Editor: Hannah Hart (+44 1622 699135)
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Contributors this issue: Gary Kyriazi, Jack Samuels and Astrid Gonzles Narino
Sales Manager: Mark Burgess (+44 1622 699124)
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Publishing Director: Paul Ryder
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Managing Director: Parvez Kayani
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Publication Secretary: JULY 2018 • ISSN 1462-4796
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