NJ Mall to feature skiing, chocolate fountain, candy city, sky diving, ferris wheel..

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LINK (http://www.meadowlandsxanadu.com)

Talk about a tribute to excess...

The new mega-entertainment complex - scheduled to open this summer - will feature the following:


• The only indoor skiing/snowboarding resort in the Western Hemisphere

• Two sky-diving tunnels

• A two story tall chocolate fountain (with real milk chocolate flowing)

• Bergen Ballpark - a 8,000 seat minor league baseball stadium

• A "small" 36,000 square foot city made entirely of candy

• A 3,400 seat performance stage

• The country's largest movie theater

• An aquarium

• Wannado City: a LARP like children's center where kids can play real-life roles

• A Paris-themed fashion runway

• A bowling alley/lounge

• The largest ferris wheel in the United States (sponsored by Pepsi)

• Over 440,000 square feet of office space

• An on-site hotel

• 200+ retail stores

• Dozens of full service restaraunts


(And that's all after they scaled back on things like the indoor fishing, a shooting range, downgrading the chocolate waterfall to a chocolate fountain, etc)

Possible tenants have been pulling out left and right due to the economy (most notably Virgin and its planned Megastore).

I heard they may even push back the opening to 2011, which would make sense considering some forecasts predict that 1 in 7 retailers will go bankrupt before the end of the year.

[jessica.]

So basically you can go vacation here and never feel the need to leave? Sign me up ... but I don't get the chocolate fountain at all.

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So basically you can go vacation here and never feel the need to leave? Sign me up

The developer is saying that he wants to to be an alternative to Disneyworld for all the folks in the NY/NJ area.


but I don't get the chocolate fountain at all.

I think it's just because they can.

(Like I said, excess at its finest...)

[11800506]

Hmm... Meadowlands. That's pretty close to my grandparents' house. Maybe once it's finished I'll go see what it's like when I'm visiting them. If my memory is correct, Meadowlands is currently kind of disappointing, so this should prove interesting if it actually does succeed.

[Consultant]

At least it's not just for a fountain...

World's largest fountain:
$281 million, 450 feet high, 22,000 gallons of water pumping at any time.
http://www.geekologie.com/2008/07/surprised_dubai_constructing_w.php

Chocolate fountain would be cool, if people can make fondue in it (and if they ensure no double dipping)

[alansmallen]

I live about 5 minutes from where this place will be in about 4 months.


I will have no life....

[evilgEEk]

This project sounds like one of those developer dreams that is never finished.

I will be VERY surprised if it EVER opens, let alone in 2011.

Sure would be fun though. :)

[alansmallen]

This project sounds like one of those developer dreams that is never finished.

I will be VERY surprised if it EVER opens, let alone in 2011.

Sure would be fun though. :)

Should've been open already but got delayed to late summer or early fall '09.

[Antares]

This sounds great. Cool. :)

[pilotError]

Didn't you read the press release, they gave Willie Wonka some tax breaks to move his factory to Jersey!

Now we'll have those F****n drunken Ooompa Looompa's all over route 80 after the Giants games.

At least their Blue! :D

[Abstract]

I'm a bit surprised that this isn't a story about U.A.E. :confused: Weird.


Anyway, I wouldn't go to any mall like this. It's just not my thing. I prefer walking along a street from shop to shop, looking through the windows, etc. Sure, there may be indoor sections with a bunch of shops clustered together, but it's still predominantly outdoors.

Shopping in large indoor shopping malls just seems to take the fun out of it all. I guess I just don't like American-style shopping. :o

[statik13]

So basically you can go vacation here and never feel the need to leave? Sign me up ... but I don't get the chocolate fountain at all.

Never leave? *oh dear* Not a chance! It sounds horrible. From my experience, an hour or two at the local Mall (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Edmonton_Mall) is just about all I can handle. With or without all the waterslide, rollercoaster, golf course, dozens of restaurants and other entertainment bits.

[kymac]

perfect timing!

[steve2112]

You know, this actually sounds like the Mall of America: East Coast edition.

http://www.mallofamerica.com/