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Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland
Date: 
Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:12:18 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.us.ks, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
My whole take on this is that it is NOT Lego driven, but developer driven.  If
it goes thru, then the taxpayers of Kansas will be paying for this.

I agree with you, but as long as Legoland is not owned by Lego, it is an
amusement park like any other, and developers are going to use it as the draw
for retail, hotels, other tourism, etc.  and since it will increace the tax base
enormously, the developers will expect taxpayers to pick up the tab.This should
not come as a surprise, since any Legoland not located in one of the major USA
metropolis (something that would cost exponentially more than the KS deal) is
going to have to come as a package deal with the above mentioned types of
entities to make it a success.

I applaud Legoland parks for using creative financing to bring parks where the
might not otherwise be located.



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  Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
 
City council results: NO, but fix the plan and come back. From the article: Among the problems: The proposal does not include a guaranteed revenue stream to pay for $64.3 million in bonds developers want the city to issue; public participation would (...) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)

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  Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
 
My whole take on this is that it is NOT Lego driven, but developer driven. If it goes thru, then the taxpayers of Kansas will be paying for this. But if it fails in the end, it could affect the reputation of Lego... the product. I am leary about (...) (18 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)

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