Seagaia Ocean Dome
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Script error: No such module "Nihongo". was one of the world's largest indoor waterparks, located in Miyazaki, Japan.
Layout
The Polynesia-themed Ocean Dome, which was part of the Sheraton Seagaia Resort, with the world's biggest retractable roof, which was opened and closed according to the weather conditions;[1] 12,000 square metres of sandy beach, crushed from 600 tonnes of stones; an "ocean" six times larger than an Olympic pool, filled with 13,500 tonnes of unsalted, chlorinated water[1] kept hot at 28 °C, equipped with a wave-machine with 200 variations, and listed in the Guinness World Records as the biggest simulated pool. A Script error: No such module "convert". resort, it boasts five hotels, several golf-courses, a botanical park and a zoo.
History
The Ocean Dome water park, which opened in 1993 along with the rest of the complex, was visited by 1.25 million people in the peak year of fiscal 1995. Other accommodations within the area include the Seaside Hotel Phoenix, the Sun Hotel Phoenix, and the Cottage Himuka, with 14 cottages in a wooded setting. Depending on the season, the entrance cost for the simulated dome was 2600 yen ($21.17) for an adult and 1600 yen ($13.03) for a child.
Seagaia filed for bankruptcy on February 19, 2001, being the biggest failure of public-private partnership in Japan and symbolized the excesses of Japan's bubble economy.[2] The dome was later bought by Ripplewood, an American private-equity fund, in 2001 for 16.2 billion yen (US$148 million), which was less than 10% of its construction costs of 200 billion yen ($1.8 billion). Ripplewood had also invested an additional 3.5 billion yen ($32 million) on renovations for the dome; but even after the remodeling of the resort, the hotel closed down with liabilities of 276 billion yen ($2.5 million).
The water park was closed in 2007 by Phoenix Resort K.K. The Seagaia Ocean dome was demolished in 2017, a year after the hotel had received major renovations which did not include the dome.
Gallery
Trivia
The Seagaia Ocean Dome was to make an appearance in the 1993 unmade James Bond movie Reunion With Death. [4][5]
See also
- International Garden Festival, similar dome structure
- List of water parks
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ "Scripting 007: Behind the writing of the James Bond movies" by Clement Feutry (Version 2.2 - Nov 30, 2024)] - Chapter 18: "Tomorrow Never Dies" (Pages 1250-1256)
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
- Phoenix Seagaia Resort homepage in English
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- Pages with script errors
- Pages with broken file links
- Sport in Miyazaki (city)
- Buildings and structures in Miyazaki (city)
- Defunct amusement parks in Japan
- Water parks in Japan
- 1993 establishments in Japan
- 2001 mergers and acquisitions
- 2007 disestablishments in Japan
- Buildings and structures demolished in 2017
- 2017 disestablishments in Japan
- Indoor amusement parks
- Demolished buildings and structures in Japan