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01 Apr 2019
New Lanzarote museum tells story of island's heritage
A new archaeological museum has opened in Lanzarote – part of Spain's Canary Islands – telling the story of its heritage via the civilisations that have settled there. Working through the Roman, Ancient Greek, Phoenician, Ottoman and modern-day Spanish heritage of Lanzarote, Museo Arqueológico de Lanzarote
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29 Mar 2019
£36m fund created by UK government for British coastal museums and heritage
The UK government has come up with a £36m (US$47.2m, € 42m) fund to help develop and improve tourist attractions, create jobs and promote socio-economic growth around the British coast. 70 projects in coastal areas of Britain will share the pot, which has been allocated to new museums, heritage sites, historic
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29 Mar 2019
Sun Centre Studios plans movie-themed attraction at base near Philadelphia
Sun Centre Studios, Pensylvania’s first purpose-built film and television production studio facility, is planning to build a US$200m (€178m, £152.9m) movie-themed attraction at its site in Aston, near Philadelphia. Sun Centre recently filed an application with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and
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29 Mar 2019
Ambitious plans for London's largest music venue unveiled
The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) has submitted plans to the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) for the MSG Sphere – a multi-use entertainment complex slated to become the city's largest music venue. The 21,500-capacity arena will be situated on a 4.7-acre site in Stratford and play host to a
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29 Mar 2019
Alton Towers Dungeon opens in place of Charlie and Chocolate Factory ride
The Dungeon attraction at Merlin’s Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire has now officially opened – the sixth to open in the UK. The attraction replaces the former Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ride at the theme park, with that ride permanently closing in 2015. 23 actors, wearing 309 garments and
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27 Mar 2019
Cedar Fair acquires Great America amusement park land in California
In what it calls a "once in a generation opportunity", theme park operator Cedar Fair Entertainment has entered into an agreement to buy the rights to the land beneath its California’s Great America park in Santa Clara, California. Since opening the park in 1976, Cedar Fair has leased the land from the City of
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27 Mar 2019
Proposed planetarium in Wales to be one of the world’s largest
A new £40m (US$52.8m, €46.8m) planetarium at the site of a former coal mine in Wales will be one of the world’s largest when it is built, according to the plans. Based at the Tower Colliery, which was the oldest continuously working deep coal mine in the UK until its closure in 2008, Planetarium Wales is an
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27 Mar 2019
Disney’s NBA Experience to open in August
Disney’s NBA Experience at its Disney Springs leisure district in Orlando, Florida, will open on 12 August 2019, the basketball league has confirmed. Replacing DisneyQuest, the experience has been inspired by the modern architecture of NBA arenas across the US and will include interactive games and competitions,
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27 Mar 2019
UK attractions’ visitor numbers rise by almost 9 per cent in 2018
Visitor numbers to UK attractions grew by 8.7 per cent in 2018, according to the latest figures from the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA). The body, which represents the UK’s most iconic attractions, surveyed its 57 members – who manage more than 2,200 sites – finding that London’s Tate Modern
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27 Mar 2019
Moomins attraction opens in Japan
The first phase of Japan’s new Moomins attraction, Moominvalley Park, has now officially opened its doors. Located in Hanno, Saitama Prefecture, near the Japanese capital Tokyo, the new theme park will attract one million visitors annually, according to its operator Moomin Monogatari. The second phase of
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26 Mar 2019
OPEN Architecture convert 100-year-old fuel tanks into art museum
OPEN Architecture have transformed five decommissioned oil containers into the Tank Museum Shanghai – an art gallery and exhibition complex. The new 60,000 sq m attraction, which is situated near an airfield that was active in the 1920s and '30s, also includes a landscaped concourse and "urban forest", as well as
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