Legoland Sichuan

Legoland Sichuan

Legoland Sichuan Resort logo
Location	Shigao, Tianfu New Area, Sichuan, China. [1]
Status	Under construction
Opens	2025 (2025) [2]
Owner	Global Zhongjun Cultural Tourism Development Co., Ltd and Merlin Entertainments [3]
Operated by	Merlin Entertainments
Theme	Lego
Area	57 hectares [1]
Attractions
Total	TBA
Roller coasters	4
Water rides	1

Legoland Sichuan is an upcoming theme park and resort located in Shigao, Sichuan, China. The resort started construction on June 8, 2020, and is planned to open in 2025. ^[2]

Plans

The project is led by Merlin Entertainment. On 27 September 2019, Merlin and Global Zhongjun announced a Legoland Resort in Sichuan Province. The resort was scheduled to open in 2023, ^{[4] [5]} however, it was pushed back to its current date. ^[2]

The resort area covers 57 hectares, ^[1] with a building area of 159,000 square metres spread over 10 themed areas. ^[6] The estimated construction cost is CN¥3 billion (US$412 million). ^[7]

Construction progress

• On Feb 6, 2018, Global Zhongjun Cultural Tourism Development Co., Ltd and The Chengdu Global Century – Exhibition & Travel Group signed project agreement with Merlin Entertainments. ^[3]
• On Sep 16, 2019, the Legoland Sichuan project ceremony was held at the Lego headquarters in Billund, Denmark.
• On Sep 27, 2020, Merlin Entertainments announced that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Global Zhongjun Cultural Tourism Development Co., Ltd ("Global Zhongjun") to build and operate a Legoland Resort in Sichuan. ^[3]
• On June 8, 2020, Legoland Sichuan Resort started construction. ^[1]
• On Oct 22, 2021, the General Manager of Merlin Entertainments (Southwest China), said the resort will include a Legoland theme park, a Legoland Water Park and two Legoland hotels with a total of 500 rooms. ^[1]

References

1. "Legoland Sichuan Resort expected to open in 2023" . Retrieved 2023-10-04.
2. 看房的小干. "视高领地、乐高乐园两大楼盘是否停工?今日实地探访!_哔哩哔哩_bilibili". www.bilibili.com (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 2022-08-20.
3. "LEGOLAND SICHUAN PLANNED TO OPEN BY 2023" . Retrieved 2023-10-04.
4. "LEGOLAND Sichuan Resort". www.merlinentertainments.biz. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
5. "四川天府乐高乐园开工 打造龙头文旅新增长极". 中国新闻网. 2020-06-10. Archived from the original on 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
6. "全球第九座乐高乐园落户四川". 新华网 . 2019-09-30. Archived from the original on 2021-09-29. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
7. "国内3个乐高乐园度假区同步开建: 此前全球仅8个投入运营". 澎湃新闻 . 2021-08-31. Archived from the original on 2023-04-22. Retrieved 2023-04-22.