GAMING GETS THEME PARKS (ITWEB)

13 December 2007

Theme park development company SpacePortLeisure literally wants to take local software developers for a ride, by creating places for them to showcase and test virtual reality gaming, says CEO Danny Naidoo. Naidoo, who was, until March, Microsoft SA's director for development platforms, says the company he is involved with has identified a number of sites around the country to build “mini-theme park” areas. Games and virtual reality software can be tested in these areas on the local population before being exported to other countries.

 

FORMER MICROSOFT GURU JOINS SPACE RACE (BUSINESS DAY)

13 December 2007

SpacePortEdutainment, a company with strong South African ties, has raised eyebrows in the business community with the scale and ambition of several offshore projects it is planning, including a € 500m theme park, hotel and casino complex in Spain. Local businessman Danny Naidoo, the former Microsoft SA developer and platform group director who is president and CEO of SpacePort, said yesterday the company’s plans for a similar $330m theme park in the north-eastern Chinese city of Shenyang were at an advanced stage and that it was “fully funded”.

 

SPACEPORTLEISURE AND INTERNATIONAL LEISURE DEVELOPMENT SIGN BINDING LETTER OF INTENT FOR SPACEPORTGRANSCALA, A FUTURISTIC SPACE CITY AT GRAN SCALA IN ARAGON, SPAIN, A PLANNED €17 BILLION ENTERTAINMENT TOURISM DESTINATION

12 December 2007

SpacePortLeisure, a South African company headquartered in Cape Town, is the visionary and developer of the space-themed leisure and entertainment concept and has a vision to build a global business around space-themed urban city lifestyle developments, location-based entertainment and hospitality [theme parks, entertainment centers, hotels and dining destinations], digital entertainment and electronic media. The initial geographic focus has been China, where SpacePortLeisure is establishing a significant footprint, and now Western Europe with SpacePortGranScala.

US$330 MILLION SPACEEDUTAINMENT THEME PARK INVESTOR ROAD SHOW BLASTS OFF WITH A VIABLE KPMG BUSINESS PLAN

14 November 2006

KPMG determined that “the project concept for SpacePort Shenyang is unique and will be the “first of its’ kind” in the Chinese market. The positive economic environment in China bodes well for the development of projects such as SpacePort Shenyang. Disposable incomes are growing and creating opportunities for the development of one of the biggest middle class societies in the world.”

SPACEPORT SHENYANG SITE INSPECTION

6 April 2006

SpacePort Edutainment and its team of technical experts, representing the Dutch Consortium responsible for the design of SpacePort Shenyang, recently finished a five-day comprehensive inspection of the site of the future SpacePort Shenyang. The site is situated at the Qi Pan Shan (Chessboard Mountain) area, about 17 kilometers northeast of Shenyang City.

 

SPACEPORTSHENYANG BLASTS OFF ON ITS JOURNEY TO THE 08-08-08 OLYMPICS OPENING WITH A DUTCH MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS’ FEASIBILITY STUDY PESP GRANT

23 December 2005

The SpacePortShenyang Dutch Consortium has just received approval from EVD, a division of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, for a €140,000 PESP Grant Application to part fund the SpacePortShenyang Feasibility Study. SpacePortEdutainment signed a SpacePorShenyang Joint Venture Agreement with Liaoning Rexing Enterprises Group Company Limited on April 26, 2005, to build a US$250m space theme park (dubbed a “SpacePort”) in Shenyang, China. It is scheduled to open in time for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.

SHENYANG JV ESTABLISHMENT CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL ISSUED

13 September 2005

The Municipal Bureau of Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation, Shenyang today issued the Certificate of Approval for the establishment of Shenyang SpacePort Consulting Company Limited, the joint venture company being formed to build a US$250m space theme park (dubbed a “SpacePort”) in Shenyang, North East China. The Park is scheduled to open in time for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.

MULTIBILLION-RAND THEME PARK WILL CREATE OVER 29 000 JOBS

30 June 2005

Pretoria - A multibillion-rand Disneyland-style family oriented African theme park is being planned for a 630ha site in Kempton Park that will create an estimated 6 000 direct and 23 880 indirect jobs if it goes ahead. This was revealed at a signing ceremony yesterday for a contract between Steward Scott and David Zeverijn, the vice-ambassador of the Netherlands, for a grant of R1.3 million to finalise the feasibility study for the theme park. Steward Scott is the nominated project manager for the park.

SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK APPROVES SPACEPORTEDUITAINMENT'S 51% EQUITY STAKE IN SPACEPORTSHENYANG

27 JUNE 2005

The South African Reserve Bank (“SARB”) has today given its approval for SpacePortEdutainment to acquire a 51% interest in Shenyang SpacePort Consulting Company Limited for the specific stated purposes and to transfer up to €178,500 to the Joint Venture Company, subject to SARB’s terms and conditions as stated in their Approval.

ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR SPACEPORT (CAPE ARGUS)

12 May 2005

South African company SpacePortEdutainment has signed a joint-venture agreement with two Chinese companies to build a $250 million space theme park, dubbed a "spaceport", in China. Chief executive Raoul Katovsky said the project, which will be done for the City of Shenyang's Shenyang Qipanshan Tourism Development Zone Group Company and Liaoning Rexing Enterprises Group Company Limited, was scheduled to open in time for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.

RUIMTE-ERVARING BEOOG VIR SA, CHINA

9 May 2005

South African company SpacePortEdutainment has signed a joint-venture agreement with two Chinese companies to build a $250 million space theme park, dubbed a "spaceport", in China. Chief executive Raoul Katovsky said the project, which will be done for the City of Shenyang's Shenyang Qipanshan Tourism Development Zone Group Company and Liaoning Rexing Enterprises Group Company Limited, was scheduled to open in time for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.

SPACEPORTEDUTAINMENT SIGNS JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT FOR US$250m THEME PARK PROJECT IN CHINA

28 April2005

SpacePortEdutainment, a South African company with the global vision to build world-class space, science and technology theme parks, has signed a joint venture agreement with the City of Shenyang’s Shenyang Qipanshan Tourism Development Zone Group Company and Liaoning Rexing Enterprises Group Company Limited, to build a US$250m space theme park (dubbed a “SpacePort”) in China.