Legoland Shanghai
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The Jinshan government has released a low resolution layout of Legoland Shanghai - hopefully a more detailed version comes out soon:



Sources: https://www.jinshan.gov.cn/ywdt-zhxx/20210922/820828.html and https://www.jinshan.gov.cn/jsrh-bhrh/20210922/820832.html

Land clearing is now complete at the future site of Legoland Shanghai:















Here's an aerial view of what the area looked like before the old village was cleared:



Source: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ANhKLn47bwXAtfG0i3nrEg

Originally Posted by JaJaWa

What does the Shenzhen part refer to?

It is another location of another planned Legoland Park.. there are 3 in China I believe...

Under the guidance of government functional departments such as the Municipal and District Development and Reform Commissions, the Market Supervision Administration, and the District State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the Shanghai Legoland Resort Project Joint Venture Company successfully passed the anti-monopoly review of the State Market Supervision Bureau and completed the industrial and commercial operation before the Spring Festival of the Year of the Ox For registration, the business license was obtained one and a half months earlier than originally scheduled. Both the first registered capital of the joint venture company and the first foreign investment of the project were paid in place on the first day after the holiday, and the "good start" of the New Year was successfully achieved.

Source: http://www.jinshan.gov.cn/ywdt-zhxx/20210223/810463.html

Some more details and images from today's announcement.

Merlin has entered into a formal co-operation agreement with the Shanghai Jinshan District Government, CMC Inc. and KIRKBI to develop a LEGOLAND Resort in the Jinshan District of Shanghai, China. The construction of what will be one of the largest LEGOLAND Parks in the world is expected to begin in 2021. The LEGOLAND Shanghai Resort will be a must-visit destination for the millions of people who live in the vicinity and beyond, marking a significant milestone for Merlin’s presence in the Chinese market.

The signing ceremony was witnessed by Mr. Gong Zheng, mayor of Shanghai, and Ms Zong Ming, deputy mayor of Shanghai on Nov 6th 2020 at Shanghai Center. Another big milestone achieved!

Source: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6730639494552399872/

Originally Posted by CarlySX

Merlin Entertainments are looking for an LEGOLAND Asia Project Development Finance Director which has this listed in the job description.

What does the Shenzhen part refer to?

Merlin Entertainments today announces that it has entered into a formal co-operation agreement with the Shanghai Jinshan District Government, CMC Inc. and KIRKBI to develop a LEGOLAND Resort in the Jinshan District of Shanghai, China. This follows the signing of a framework agreement in November 2019, announced as part of the China International Import Expo.

Under the terms of the agreement, all parties will form a joint venture company and contribute funding to the construction and development of LEGOLAND® Shanghai. The total project investment is expected to be approximately $550 million. Construction of the project is planned to start next year, and the Resort is expected to open in 2024.

Source: https://www.merlinentertainments.biz/newsroom/news-releases/2020/LEGOLAND-Shanghai-cooperation-agreement

Since the Shanghai Legoland Resort project signed a preliminary investment cooperation agreement on November 6 last year, the partners have entered the business negotiation stage of a formal cooperation agreement. In the past 10 months, due to the impact of the global pandemic, all parties have been unable to communicate face-to-face, but all parties have overcome various difficulties and communicated through teleconferences and emails, and insisted on advancing agreement negotiations. A few days ago, all the agreements for the formal cooperation of the project have been confirmed by all parties and a comprehensive agreement has been reached. So far, the project business negotiation has been successfully completed.

Source: http://sh.people.com.cn/n2/2020/1009/c134768-34338440.html

Construction is set to begin during the second quarter of 2021.

Source: http://www.shio.gov.cn/sh/xwb/n790/n792/n1114/n1135/u1ai25909.html

Merlin Entertainments are looking for an LEGOLAND Asia Project Development Finance Director which has this listed in the job description.

Initially this will be focussed mainly in Asia with live projects in Korea and Shenzhen (China), two imminent further projects in China (Chengdu and Shanghai), collectively representing circa £1.5bn investment over 4 years, with the possibility of more to follow.

Looks like we should see some movement on Shanghai soon.

Source: https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/job-listing/legoland-asia-project-development-finance-director-merlin-entertainments-JV_IC3288246_KO0,50_KE51,72.htm?jl=3622906756