Official: Delays May Doom Otherworld Theme Park 2/23/3134
INN - Interstellar News Network
AGRAPUR – Officials close to Governor Nicholas Justine (Towne-First Party, Turan
Province) told INN today that delays in the development of the Otherworld Theme
Park, a project still in the planning stages since it was first proposed over a year ago
by Aquilonia Futures Development (AFD) and Towne-Wide Entertainment, may be
doomed by ongoing delays blamed at least in part on the increasingly defense-based
planetary economic climate. The statement comes only months after more upbeat
experts of the entertainment and tourist industries reported that the Turan Province,
which includes the scenic Rerani Coast and the historic village of Uthan Hel, was the
planet’s hottest vacation spot for off-worlders eager to get away from the chaos
created by the ongoing communications crisis.
“Unfortunately, times have changed in just the last few months,” said Gladys
Donnelly, spokesperson for senator AFD. “The recent fighting in Port Howard, for
instance, has driven home the reality of the political and military crises surrounding
our world and engulfing The Republic. Tourism has again begun to suffer and
government subsidies are finding their way more and more in defense projects.”
Otherworld, an ambitious theme park that was to feature rides, games, and a state-of-
the-art 10,000-person capacity stadium for live performances and holoshows, was
initially approved for development in a six square kilometer plot of the Sudera Woods,
just south of the provincial capital of Agrapur. Even after the collapse of the HPG
network, AFD and Towne-Wide managed to overcome numerous bureaucratic and
financial hurdles, including an eleventh-hour compromise with the Towne Wildlife
Federation that allowed the companies to begin work clearing away the blighted
woodlands. Today, the grounds of what could have been the planet’s largest and most
exotic theme park ever are now little more than piles of loose earth, mulch, and
discarded branches, overgrown with weeds, and cordoned off by a chain-link fence.
“At this time, the Agrapur Province remains dedicated to providing stability and safety
for both its residents and its guests,” says Emelio Gaiwan, a spokesman for Governor
Justine. “We remain committed to supporting the development of the [Otherworld]
project, but this year has not been as good for the economy as we had hoped, and
planetary needs must always come before the local agenda. Is Otherworld dead?
Certainly not, but fiscal and security realities have forced us to place some tourist
projects on the back burner.”
INN - Interstellar News Network
AGRAPUR – Officials close to Governor Nicholas Justine (Towne-First Party, Turan
Province) told INN today that delays in the development of the Otherworld Theme
Park, a project still in the planning stages since it was first proposed over a year ago
by Aquilonia Futures Development (AFD) and Towne-Wide Entertainment, may be
doomed by ongoing delays blamed at least in part on the increasingly defense-based
planetary economic climate. The statement comes only months after more upbeat
experts of the entertainment and tourist industries reported that the Turan Province,
which includes the scenic Rerani Coast and the historic village of Uthan Hel, was the
planet’s hottest vacation spot for off-worlders eager to get away from the chaos
created by the ongoing communications crisis.
“Unfortunately, times have changed in just the last few months,” said Gladys
Donnelly, spokesperson for senator AFD. “The recent fighting in Port Howard, for
instance, has driven home the reality of the political and military crises surrounding
our world and engulfing The Republic. Tourism has again begun to suffer and
government subsidies are finding their way more and more in defense projects.”
Otherworld, an ambitious theme park that was to feature rides, games, and a state-of-
the-art 10,000-person capacity stadium for live performances and holoshows, was
initially approved for development in a six square kilometer plot of the Sudera Woods,
just south of the provincial capital of Agrapur. Even after the collapse of the HPG
network, AFD and Towne-Wide managed to overcome numerous bureaucratic and
financial hurdles, including an eleventh-hour compromise with the Towne Wildlife
Federation that allowed the companies to begin work clearing away the blighted
woodlands. Today, the grounds of what could have been the planet’s largest and most
exotic theme park ever are now little more than piles of loose earth, mulch, and
discarded branches, overgrown with weeds, and cordoned off by a chain-link fence.
“At this time, the Agrapur Province remains dedicated to providing stability and safety
for both its residents and its guests,” says Emelio Gaiwan, a spokesman for Governor
Justine. “We remain committed to supporting the development of the [Otherworld]
project, but this year has not been as good for the economy as we had hoped, and
planetary needs must always come before the local agenda. Is Otherworld dead?
Certainly not, but fiscal and security realities have forced us to place some tourist
projects on the back burner.”
| February 23, 3134 |
