The park dedicated to the children's toy
favorite will be built in Goshen, Orange County, 60 miles
northwest of New York City and serving a catchment area of 23
million people.
Merlin, which operates attractions such as London's Madame
Tussauds waxworks museum, said the new Legoland was planned to
open in 2020 and would welcome customers between April and
November.
It will be built along with a 250-room Legoland hotel, open all
year and decorated with hundreds of Lego models made from its
toy building blocks.
The park, which joins Legoland parks in California and Florida,
is expected to create more than 1,000 jobs, as well as 800
construction jobs as it is built.
"Legoland New York is the first new major theme park in the
North East of the U.S. for several decades, and is perfectly
located for visitors from New York, Boston and Philadelphia and
beyond," Chief Executive Nick Varney said.
"At $350 million it is our largest investment in a single park
to date, and our third Legoland Park in North America, the
world's largest market for theme parks and the Lego brand."
(Reporting by Elisabeth O'Leary in Edinburgh; Editing by Kate
Holton and David Holmes)
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