Archive For March, 2022
ST. LOUIS — At the 2022 Amusement Expo International March 16-17, Intercard received the 2022 Supplier of the Year award from the American Amusement Machine Association. The prestigious award recognizes Intercard’s more than 30 years of providing innovative technology and stellar service to the manufacturers and operators of amusement games. At a company celebration May […]
Abhu DhabiOn March 6 two new Slides opened in the Abu Dhabi WTC Mall under the name “Velocity”. Eight LED rings around the higher, 60m long slide create spectacular visuals for riders and spectators alike. The second slide is 45m long and leads riders into darkness and through LED colour flashes. KuwaitIn 2020 we were […]
MYSTIC, Conn. — More than 100 were in attendance March 14-16 for the 109th Anniversary Education Conference & Annual Meeting of NEAAPA, the Northeast’ Entertainment Association, at the Hilton Mystic here. The highlight of the three-day event was the induction of industry icons James Patten III and the late Haig Gulezian into the NEAAPA Hall […]
LONDON, U.K. — Silvergate Media (Silvergate) and Merlin Entertainments (Merlin) are excited to announce their new activity trail, Octonauts: The Great Gup Rescue which has just been unveiled at SEA LIFE at Mall of America before beginning its voyage to SEA LIFE centres around the world. Expanding on its successful global partnership with Merlin, Silvergate’s new interactive activity based Octonauts trail will allow visitors to embark […]
The APRIL 2022 issue includes: Accessible Peppa Pig Theme debuts in Florida GCII’s Roaring Timbers unveiled at Sun World Hon Thom Nature Park SeaWorld San Diego dives into 2022 with Emperor from B&M Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser welcomes guests at Walt Disney World Fantasy Island adding Tilt-A-Whirl, kiddie swing for 2022 S&S 4D FreeSpin Coaster, […]
Wiegand has opened the second edition of its IAAPA Impace Award-winning CoasterKart concept. The new installation is at Thailand’s Jungle De Café. Fast Facts: Length of track: 425 m 33m of bridges (1 x 8 m, 1 x 10 m, 1 x 15 m) 5 differently coloured, themed race cars for 2 persons each 2 […]
LIVONIA, Mich. — Roush, a leading global product development supplier, is expanding its Orlando presence with the opening of a second facility to support fabrication, assembly, and testing of products for the themed attraction industry. Since 2007, Roush’s Entertainment Systems group has engineered, designed, and manufactured ride seat systems, show action equipment, animatronic figures, animated […]
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. — During its 2022 Annual Membership Meeting in Las Vegas, AMOA elected a new class of directors. The new Class of 2025, consisting of eight operators and distributors from around the country, are: J. J. Babich, Game Exchange of Colorado, Denver, CO Jeff Douglas, Operators Dist. Inc., Archdale, NC Chris Hale, Venco […]
On March 20, an oceanarium in the style of the lost city of Atlantis opened on the territory of the Magic City Theme Park and it’s the first full-scale public aquarium of Uzbekistan executed by Polin Aquariums with turnkey aquarium specialist services. Magic Aquarium is a kind of underwater museum with living exhibits – the […]
Please join in welcoming Zachary Stokes as the new Public Affairs Manager for IAAPA North America. In this new role, he is responsible for supporting IAAPA’s public affairs program of work in the United States and Canada, with emphasis on U.S. state level engagement and grassroots mobilization. Zach brings extensive experience in legislative management, policy […]
