That's enough for a minimum down payment on the $400 million Hard Rock Park, which will go up for auction on Dec. 15, according to court documents filed this week.

HIT Entertainment and Merlin Entertainments Group have commissioned SD Entertainment and Threshold Animation Studios to bring the innovative movie, Bob the Builder In 4-D: Bob the Builder and the Roller Coaster exclusively to Legoland family theme parks worldwide beginning in March 2009.

According to reports, New York City is seeking to purchase 10.5 acres of land on Coney Island from developer Joe Sitt's Thor Equities. If the deal goes through, the city would become owner of the land on which Astroland amusement park is located.

The Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, Rhode Island, US, has opened the first landmark exhibit of its US$35m (£22.4m) masterplan.

HOK architects have revealed the masterplan designs for the £1.2bn Water Garden City mixed-use development adjacent to the capital of Bahrain, Al Manamah, in the Persian Gulf.

The technical characteristics for this track allow to qualify it in FIA by category 1T which allows to hold races even such as Formula1.

Arnolds Park, the beloved and highly popular amusement park and recreation center located in central Iowa, is the primary location for the new mystery thriller, Carousel Of Revenge, which premieres on dvd this November 11.

Officials at Funtown Splashtown USA in Saco, Maine have announced that next season the park will debut a Wild Mouse steel roller coaster from Maurer Söhne of Munich, Germany.

The global economic downturn hit Walt Disney Co's quarterly results harder and faster than Wall Street expected, with the company on Thursday reporting a sharp decline in hotel bookings and softness in advertising revenue at its networks.

World famous Schlitterbahn waterpark will turn water into snow during the upcoming holiday season for a special event − Schlitterbahn's Hill Country Christmas.
Beginning November 28 and continuing through January 4, 2009, the original Schlitterbahn waterpark will transform into a holiday wonderland with more than one-million lights, amazing attractions, dazzling shows, festive food, unique shopping and the chance to meet with Santa himself.

Popular Australian amusement chain Warner Village Theme Parks have submitted a development application to the Sunshine Coast Regional Council to build Wet’n’Wild Aussie World.

China's first wooden roller coaster – the Fireball at Happy Valley near Shanghai – is on target to open next summer as planned.

Park owners hope for sale by year's end. Hard Rock Park (an attraction located in Myrtle Beach, SC is the world's first Rock & Roll Theme Park) is for sale.

Oriental Land Co., Ltd. announced that a new attraction will open in fall 2009 at Tokyo DisneySeaR Park. The attraction, called Turtle Talk, will be located inside the S.S. Columbia in the themed port of American Waterfront. (Please see below for attraction outline.)

Herschend Family Entertainment announced today in a news release the closure of Celebration City in Branson, due to a shift in business strategy.

The Polar Express Experience will roll into SeaWorld Orlando this holiday season beginning Nov. 14, 2008 and continuing through Jan. 4, 2009. SeaWorld's Wild Arctic transforms into the fabled Santa Town taking guests on a magical trip to the North Pole.

Stargate theme park, a Dh280 million family edutainment facility currently being constructed at Zabeel Park, would be operational in March 2009.

The latest from Universal Parks & Resorts is that its new theme park under development in Dubai will be uniquely under roof and air conditioned -- a significant feature in a place where the average daily high temperature can be well above 100 degrees all summer long.