SoCalDude
04-28-2006, 11:52 AM
LOL - you have GOT to be kidding me! Really, this is as about as bad of an idea as you can possibly make. They are talking about making a LL in KANSAS
I think these "tourism experts" need to find new jobs lol. LLCA has trouble
getting people from as close as LA and SD to go to the park. The only reason out of towners go there is because it makes for a nice side trip between their visit to Disneyland and Sea World. It is bad enough that in the middle of the summer, when theme parks are supposed to be packed LLCA is a ghost town for the most part. I think on their best day more people are standing in line for Space Mountain at Disneyland than for all the rides at LLCA combined.
I would really hate to see a LL park fail, but if they build it in any other location than the theme-park area in Florida or somewhere in New York it will fall flat on its face - and do so very quickly. Heck, I think even a NY one would fail because the park would have to be closed for a good part of the year because of snow.
Here is the news article:
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/14447062.htm
Legoland is scouting sites in Johnson County for its only Midwest theme park — acolorful fantasy world of plastic bricks drawing families from a huge region.
RED Development, the developer behind The Legends retail project at KansasSpeedway, has an agreement with the London-based firm that operates Legoland tobuild a $200 million amusement and educational park. If built, it would be onlythe fifth Legoland in the world.
I think these "tourism experts" need to find new jobs lol. LLCA has trouble
getting people from as close as LA and SD to go to the park. The only reason out of towners go there is because it makes for a nice side trip between their visit to Disneyland and Sea World. It is bad enough that in the middle of the summer, when theme parks are supposed to be packed LLCA is a ghost town for the most part. I think on their best day more people are standing in line for Space Mountain at Disneyland than for all the rides at LLCA combined.
I would really hate to see a LL park fail, but if they build it in any other location than the theme-park area in Florida or somewhere in New York it will fall flat on its face - and do so very quickly. Heck, I think even a NY one would fail because the park would have to be closed for a good part of the year because of snow.
Here is the news article:
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/14447062.htm
Legoland is scouting sites in Johnson County for its only Midwest theme park — acolorful fantasy world of plastic bricks drawing families from a huge region.
RED Development, the developer behind The Legends retail project at KansasSpeedway, has an agreement with the London-based firm that operates Legoland tobuild a $200 million amusement and educational park. If built, it would be onlythe fifth Legoland in the world.