RtherBOnACoaster Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 Lego sold their parks a little bit ago. Hopefully Blackstone will help the parks like Legoland California which I haven't been to since its opening year even though I live like 5 minutes away! :shock: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=a_AY6q7HA3cA&refer=europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 I'm actually surprised no one commented on this, but I think with the announcement from HW, I can see how this got overlooked. IMO, this is pretty big news. I mean, does anyone know much about this company? I know I've been to the London Dungeon, and it wasn't crap, but are they capable of running 4 very well themed parks? And did London Dungeon add a dark ride at some point recently? I thought the last time I was there I remembered seeing an advertizement for a dark ride. Any thoughts on this? --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgathriller Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Were just going to have to see what happens. I hope they keep the parks great and maybe make them better then diving them into the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster1 Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Blackstone used to hold 50% of SF Inc in the early 90's until Time-Warner bought the other half from them .. we see what good they did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisFL Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 They've owned a good chunk of Universal Studios for a while, I believe close to 50% before the recent takeovers, but anyway, they're not new to owning big theme parks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdude5 Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Will they keep the Lego name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Clinksalot Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Good, maybe now they can process their AP's correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Will they keep the Lego name? Part of buying a known franchise is keeping it as such, IMO. I can't see them changing the name. --Robb "Unless of course it was changed to Blockoland!" Alvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_Hollibone Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 How about "Stoneland"? Or "Blackland"? Note: the above comments are not intended to be of the racist type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 An article in a Danish newspaper (Børsen 15/7/05), claims that Blackstone will not be satisfied with Legoland 'only' being Denmark's 3rd most popular tourist attraction with 'only' 1.530.000 visitors a year (after 1. Tivoli with 4.316.000 and 2. Bakken with 2.500.000 visitors), and the director of Legoland Billund (Denmark) promises major investments in the future, and reveals that they will try to entice more visitors by opening one or more new attractions already for the 2006 season... This article is linked to another article describing how Tivoli and Faarup Sommerland have had major increase in visiting numbers since investing in major rollercoasters (Dæmonen for Tivoli/Falken for Faarup)... Could we posibly see a major coaster at Legoland in the near future? Surely this will be the same case for California, Windsor and Germany.[/b] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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