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MGM plans US$870m investment in South Korean theme park
POSTED 19 Dec 2007 . BY Tim Nash
Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer (MGM) is set to invest an initial US$866.9m (AUS$1bn, £430m, 600m euro) in developing its theme park in South Korea, Reuters has reported.

A site will be chosen in the Seoul Metropolitan area and the park is scheduled to open in late 2011.

South Korea’s largest entertainment management group, iHQ, is reported to be working with MGM to develop the attraction.

Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios are also set to open theme parks in South Korea, by 2009 and 2012 respectively.
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MGM plans US$870m investment in South Korean theme park
POSTED 19 Dec 2007 . BY Tim Nash
Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer (MGM) is set to invest an initial US$866.9m (AUS$1bn, £430m, 600m euro) in developing its theme park in South Korea, Reuters has reported.

A site will be chosen in the Seoul Metropolitan area and the park is scheduled to open in late 2011.

South Korea’s largest entertainment management group, iHQ, is reported to be working with MGM to develop the attraction.

Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios are also set to open theme parks in South Korea, by 2009 and 2012 respectively.
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MORE NEWS
Bob Rogers hands BRC to long-serving leadership team
Experience design company, BRC Imagination Arts, has completed a transition that sees founder Bob Rogers pass ownership of the business to four long-serving senior executives, while remaining actively involved with the company.
Rainer Maelzer joins Therme Group as chief entertainment officer
Rainer Maelzer, an experiential entertainment innovator, has been appointed chief entertainment officer by Therme Group.
Movie Park Germany reveals new Paramount attraction as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations
Movie Park Germany has opened a new Paramount Pictures-themed attraction as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations, using immersive storytelling and adaptive reuse to reinforce the park’s longstanding “Hollywood in Germany” positioning.
Therme Manchester reveals 90:90 strategy – 90 per cent of the UK population within a 90-minute drive of a Therme
Therme Manchester’s 28-acre development, which will include interconnected glass pavilions that measure 65,000sq m, will be the largest bathing and wellbeing attraction in the world once complete, according to prof David Russell, CEO of Therme UK. 
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