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[š Universal GB] Planning, Transport and Infrastructure
BarryZola
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I wonder what the chances would be of another operator purchasing a brownfield site around Bedfordshire and building another brand new theme park? Turn the area into a mini UK version of Florida where people could spend 3-4 days? Merlin could potentially let go of the further out places like Towers and concentrate on the South.
i predict a massive expansion for the nearby center parcs to capitalise on this. not sure about another theme park but i imagine there will be a huge uptick in other service things or one-day midway destinations like cinemas or those ski slope type places to capture the wealthy foreign tourists.I wonder what the chances would be of another operator purchasing a brownfield site around Bedfordshire and building another brand new theme park? Turn the area into a mini UK version of Florida where people could spend 3-4 days? Merlin could potentially let go of the further out places like Towers and concentrate on the South.
i imagine woburn safari park will be coming up with some ideas to get a bit of that ancillary coin too.
Pretty much every major UK has capable land for redevelopmentAre there any existing UK theme parks with ample expansion room?
It seems another major advantage Universal will likely have is both space and permissions.
In the 90s these hindrances were reasons for our parks to find creative solutions such as Nemesis, Oblivion or the various Blackpool interactions whereas now the limitations often seem crushing, though Iām sure economics play a role in that too.
John_P
TS Member
Pleasure Beach arguably have the entire car park and workshop areas. If they built a multistory car park and new workshops on the car park over the road they'd probably not lose any car park spaces as well.
When the bowladrome goes down for Aviktas they'd conceivably have the rest of that car park they could expand into.
Loads of weird little plots of space within the park itself as well if they wanted to do something.
When the bowladrome goes down for Aviktas they'd conceivably have the rest of that car park they could expand into.
Loads of weird little plots of space within the park itself as well if they wanted to do something.
havaska
TS Member
Alton Towers obviously have the disabled car park ripe for redevelopment![]()
And the car park between Galactica and Extraordinary Golf.