Before You Hire Builders, How to Set Up a New
Amusement Park
The
feasibility study is the first step in setting up a new amusement park.
Leisure Business Advisors (LBA) specializes in conducting this study,
which is typically required by financing institutions and investors.
The study provides market and financial analysis and projections. It
also provides critical physical planning recommendations to assist the
amusement park builder. It is critical that plans are in line with
market needs and expected cash flow. These physical planning guidelines
need to be in place before construction and building can start. Not
only builders, but designers and managers can also benefit
from the guidance provided in the study.
As part of the feasibility study, LBA can work closely with you in
preparing the initial image package that would assist designers and
builders in the building stage of development that follows the
feasibility stage. We could provide a walk-through description and
color artist conceptual images of your new amusement park seen through
the eyes of a typical visitor. These would preliminarily suggest the
general "look and feel" of the new park in financing and marketing
presentations.
John Gerner, our managing director, has been a consultant for more than
20 years and has conducted feasibility studies for many amusement parks
in the United States, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Europe.
Click here for more details on his background.
We pride ourselves on prompt service and are also sensitive to time
constraints often involved in starting new development projects. If
needed, assignments can be accelerated for an extra fee.
Recent
LBA consulting projects for new amusement parks and theme parks are described below. These
are followed
by a discussion of selected past consulting assignments by John Gerner,
LBA's managing director.
Recent Consulting
Projects for Planned Amusement Parks
Recent
LBA international clients include:
Pavilion Nostalgia
Park (USA)

Pavilion
Nostalgia Park is located within the Broadway at the Beach tourist
complex in Myrtle Beach, and opened in 2007. During its planning stage,
LBA evaluated Pavilion Nostalgia Park's potential financial performance for Burroughs
& Chapin Co, Inc.
Proposed Disney Theme Park
(Latin America)

The
Walt Disney Company is the leading theme park developer in the world. Its
locations include Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disney Resort,
Disneyland Park (Paris), and Hong Kong Disneyland.
As
a senior consultant with Economics Research Associates (ERA) in the
1980s,
John Gerner evaluated a location in Latin America for a proposed Disney
theme park.
Hopi
Hari (Brazil)


Hopi
Hari is one of the largest amusement parks in South America, and is
located
near São Paulo in Brazil. It opened in 1999.
As
a subcontractor to International Theme Park Services (ITPS), John
Gerner evaluated the market and financial feasibility of Hopi
Hari.
Nanshan Buddhism Cultural Park
(China)


Nanshan
Buddhism Cultural Park is a major themed attraction within the Nanshan
Culture Tourism Zone in China's Hainan Province. Its centerpiece is the
Guanyin Statue of Hainan, also known as Guan Yin of the South Sea of
Sanya, which is currently the fourth tallest statue in the world. It
was enshrined in 2005.
As
a subcontractor to Economics Research Associates (ERA), John Gerner
evaluated the feasibility of developing this cultural
attraction.
Additional
Information
For
more details on LBA's design process for a new amusement park, click
here.

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