Osaka lends 3 billion yen to Universal Studios Japan
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The Osaka municipal government is to lend the operator of Universal Studios Japan 3 billion yen to build three new attractions in an attempt to boost flagging visitor numbers, it was learned Thursday. Just over 6 million people visited the Hollywood theme park in Konohana Ward between April and December last year, 2.9 million fewer than over the same period the previous year.
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3 billion yen? What is that? About $19.95? In any event it is interesting seeing a government trying to keep an amusement park afloat while we had governments over hear trying to distance themselves from amusement parks.
That's about $25,000,000. It won't build them a Spiderman, but it should build them 3 pretty decent attractions. By the standards of most parks though, 6 million visitors in 9 months is quite a crowd. Whether it's enough of a crowd all depends on your finances.
This is Japan we are talking about. The timing of Universal building a park in Japan couldn't have been worse, as the economy is the worst ever. Of course, the planning was already running when the economy started taking a dive. Still, it is interesting that the government is trying so hard. They have also offered 0% loans to potential home-buyers... Man, I wish I lived there right now, but my retirement is still a ways away. I just hope they can dig themselves out of their hole.
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