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14 Nov 2016
Industry looks to Orlando as 30,000 gear up for IAAPA 2016
More than 30,000 people have descended on Orlando for this year’s IAAPA Attractions Expo, with 2016’s event boasting the largest trade show floor in its 98-year history. Exceeding 567,000sq ft, the show will be the largest since 2001, with a number of game-changing products and experiences to be announced,
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14 Nov 2016
Alton Towers to axe up to 70 jobs
Alton Towers has announced that between 60 and 70 jobs are to go as the theme park continues to suffer from the fallout of the Smiler crash. The resort said it is looking to make “efficiencies” and that after a “detailed review of operations” it expects to make the redundancies ahead of the 2017 season. The theme
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11 Nov 2016
IAAPA attendees offered exclusive multi-player free-roam VR experience
Visitors to next week’s IAAPA Attractions Expo in Orlando, Florida, are being offered the chance to experience a large-scale virtual reality game, V Play Reality. V Play Reality, developed and presented by Zero Latency, is a free-roaming, interactive VR game for multiple players. The company opened its first
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11 Nov 2016
Fifa Museum loses CHF30m in opening year
FIFA’s World Football Museum in Zurich has suffered a disappointing start after incurring losses of more than CHF30m (US$30.5m, €27.9m, £24.1m) in its first year. First announced by then-FIFA president Sepp Blatter in 2012, the 3,000sq m (32,300sq ft) museum is part of a larger CHF150m (US$152.3m, €139.7m,
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11 Nov 2016
Chipperfield reveals progress on two major museum projects
The architecture studio of David Chipperfield have announced significant progress on two key museum projects in their portfolio: an extension to the Kunsthaus museum in Zurich, Switzerland and an cultural complex near the Taj Mahal in India. A foundation stone laying ceremony for former project took place on
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10 Nov 2016
Long-awaited Chicago Riverwalk brings leisure to the heart of the city
After 15 years and three phases of development, Chicago studio Ross Barney Architects have completed their dramatic transformation of the city’s central riverfront – the most visible public project in the city since Millennium Park opened in 2004. The Chicago Riverwalk – a 1.5 mile (2.41 km) promenade along the
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10 Nov 2016
Foster + Partners to redevelop London's Zoo landmark Snowdon Aviary
Global architecture firm Foster + Partners have been appointed to redevelop London Zoo’s famous Snowdon Aviary. The Grade II* listed structure, designed by Cedric Price with Frank Newby and Lord Snowdon in 1962, was recently added to Historic England’s Risk Register for structures in danger of falling into
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10 Nov 2016
David Bowie exhibition smashes V&A attendance record
David Bowie Is – the touring exhibition that took on a new meaning after the death of the music icon – has become the most visited show in the V&A's history, with more than 1.5 million people flocking to see the blockbuster show across its eight venues so far. According to V&A, around 312,000 people
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10 Nov 2016
IAAPA chair-elect Al Weber Jr dies at 64
Alexander “Al” Weber Jr, founder and CEO of Apex Parks Group, has died aged 64. Weber was a veteran in the attractions sector with nearly five decades of experience, starting his career aged 16 as a ride operator at Coney Island Amusement Park in Cincinnati, Ohio. Joining Carowinds in 1976 as director of park
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Design, build and produce theme parks, themed attractions, auditorium shows, 4D theaters and dark rides, including IP-based attractions.
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