CHUNCHEON, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Legoland theme park in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province will open until 9 p.m. every weekend and holidays for six months, the operator said Tuesday. Legoland Korea Resort said it decided to extend its daily operations to 9 p.m. every Friday through Sunday and on holidays during the period from [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Legoland Korea Resort is confident about its financial soundness and plans to invest around 100 billion won (US$76.7 million) over the next five years, an executive said Wednesday, as the theme park pushes for further growth in South Korea. “One of the many features of a theme park is [...]
CHUNCHEON, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The Gangwon provincial government said Thursday it will fulfill its debt payment guarantee for the developer of Legoland Korea Resort by mid-December, over one month earlier than scheduled, to mitigate impact on the local financial market. “Our financial circumstances are not sufficient, but we will prepare the funds through [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Legoland Korea amusement park, which opened in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province in May, recently issued an arbitrary notice of closure, raising complaints from annual pass holders. Legoland Korea Resort, the theme park’s operator, recently announced that the park would be closed for a total of 15 days during the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho said Friday that the government is taking “necessary measures” regarding a default in project financing for the construction of the Legoland amusement part in Gangwon Province. Iwon Jeil Cha, a special purpose company established by the Gangwon Jungdo Development Corp. (GJC) to fund the construction [...]
CHUNCHEON, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Legoland Korea Resort, which opened early this month, is facing criticism for its expensive parking fees. Parking is free for one hour, but users are then charged a daily fee of 18,000 won (US$14.19). Legoland’s daily parking fee is more expensive than that of other theme parks. In [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., South Korea’s No. 2 chipmaker, held a picnic day in which the company rented the entire Legoland from Friday to Sunday, inviting 10,000 employees and their family members each day. The event came as part of the company’s welfare package. A grand opening of Legoland, a [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Legoland, a Lego-themed amusement park on Jungdo Island in the lake city of Chuncheon, 85 kilometers northeast of Seoul, is being accused of breaking its vow to preserve ancient ruins discovered at the park’s construction site. Local civic groups said Thursday that it is filing a police report against [...]
CHUNCHEON, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A miniature model of Lego-themed amusement park in the eastern lake city of Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, opening in the spring of next year, has been revealed for the first time. The model wasmade with lego bricks, encompassing the Legoland Theme Park, Legoland Hotel and the entire landscape of the [...]
CHUNCHEON, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The construction of Legoland Korea on a river island in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province scheduled for grand opening early next year, is struggling with development projects in the surrounding area. Legoland Korea Resort will consist of seven clusters built on 280,790 square meters of land, including the Lego Hotel and [...]