The theme park, named Adventure World Warsaw, is to be Poland’s as well as the region’s largest, with construction set to begin in spring 2012.
Located on 240 hectares of land, the complex will contain the theme park proper, two hotels, a waterpark, as well as an entertainment zone comprised of cinemas, restaurants, and clubs.
“We are counting on 2 million visitors a year,” says Peter Jan Mulder, head of Las Palm, the company involved with the coordination of the theme park’s construction and eventual operation.
Adventure World Warsaw is to be open all-year round, and is to contain five thematic zones and 25 special rides.
Although the 400 million euro price tag has been made public, the names of individual investors which have given money to Las Palm for the theme park are being kept under wraps, causing some concern as to who who is behind the deal, and where the money has come from for the investment.
“The consortium comprises people who have money,” was all that Mulder could offer at a press conference on Wednesday.
A number of similar investments have been undertaken in Poland before, although all ended at the development stage.
The most famous case, perhaps, was pop-star Michael Jackson’s intention in 1997, when he signed a letter of motivation with Warsaw Municipal Authorities over the construction of a family-oriented theme park in the capital.
A Turkish investor, Vahap Toy, also had grand plans for a theme park in Biala Podlaska, reportedly wanted to pump some 1 billion US dollars into a “second Las Vegas”, while a German firm had plans to build a theme park in Zielona Gora, not far from the border with Poland’s western neighbour.
However, according to Grzegorz Benedykcinski, the mayor of Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Las Palm is a bona fide investor and that “there are no risks that the land would be used in another way than for a theme park.”
Las Palm is also reported to be in the second planning phase, which would see the construction of additional facilities, such as a luxury spa, conference centre and entertainment centre – for a further 350 million euro. (jb)
Source: Rzeczpospolita