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'''Niigata Joypolis''' (新潟ジョイポリス), later '''Magic City @ Niigata Joypolis''' (マジックシティ@新潟ジョイポリス) was a [[Joypolis]] amusement theme park opened by [[Sega]]. The second Joypolis created by the company nearly a year and a half after the launch of the original Yokohama location, it proved to perform poorly, and by April 1998 had its operations outsourced to foreign company Magic City Co. Ltd.{{ref|https://www.ampress.co.jp/backnumber/bn1998.06.01.htm}}
 
'''Niigata Joypolis''' (新潟ジョイポリス), later '''Magic City @ Niigata Joypolis''' (マジックシティ@新潟ジョイポリス) was a [[Joypolis]] amusement theme park opened by [[Sega]]. The second Joypolis created by the company nearly a year and a half after the launch of the original Yokohama location, it proved to perform poorly, and by April 1998 had its operations outsourced to foreign company Magic City Co. Ltd.{{ref|https://www.ampress.co.jp/backnumber/bn1998.06.01.htm}}
  
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Under its new ownership, the park was renamed Magic City @ Niigata Joypolis, losing several of its original attractions and décor on the ground floor.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/19991011230616/http://www.sega.co.jp/sega/atp/niigata/MCtop.html}} Several new restaurants and traditional theme park rides occupied their space, utilising a electronic card payment system.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/19991011204255/http://www.sega.co.jp/sega/atp/niigata/MCcharge.html}} It closed permanently in January 2001{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20010602084138/http://www.sega.co.jp/sega/atp/niigata/}}, with the site redeveloped to become a new entertainment complex in the following years.
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Under its new ownership, the park was renamed Magic City @ Niigata Joypolis, losing several of its original attractions and décor on the ground floor.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/19991011230616/http://www.sega.co.jp/sega/atp/niigata/MCtop.html}} A number of new restaurants and traditional theme park rides occupied their space, utilising a electronic card payment system.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/19991011204255/http://www.sega.co.jp/sega/atp/niigata/MCcharge.html}} It closed permanently in January 2001{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20010602084138/http://www.sega.co.jp/sega/atp/niigata/}}, with the site redeveloped to become a new entertainment complex in the following years.
  
 
==Major attractions==
 
==Major attractions==

Revision as of 13:13, 26 March 2021

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Niigata Joypolis
Location: 新潟県新潟市八千代２丁目５番７号　新潟交通万代シティ, Japan
Opened: 1995-12-09[1]
Closed: 2001-01-16[1]

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Niigata Joypolis (新潟ジョイポリス), later Magic City @ Niigata Joypolis (マジックシティ@新潟ジョイポリス) was a Joypolis amusement theme park opened by Sega. The second Joypolis created by the company nearly a year and a half after the launch of the original Yokohama location, it proved to perform poorly, and by April 1998 had its operations outsourced to foreign company Magic City Co. Ltd.[2]

Under its new ownership, the park was renamed Magic City @ Niigata Joypolis, losing several of its original attractions and décor on the ground floor.[3] A number of new restaurants and traditional theme park rides occupied their space, utilising a electronic card payment system.[4] It closed permanently in January 2001[1], with the site redeveloped to become a new entertainment complex in the following years.

Major attractions

Gallery

  • Exterior circa late 1997

  • Interior

  • IMAX Ride Film

  • Alien Panic

  • Q-Zar

  • AS-1

  • VR-1

  • Ghost Hunters

  • Mad Bazooka

  • 3D sound rooms developed by Human

  • SegaSonic & Tails gift shop

  • Niigata Joypolis Shop2.jpg

  • Magic City era exterior

  • Magic City era interior

Promotional material

  • Leaflet front

  • Flyer front

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://www.sega.co.jp/sega/atp/niigata/ (Wayback Machine: 2001-06-02 08:41)
  2. ↑ https://www.ampress.co.jp/backnumber/bn1998.06.01.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.sega.co.jp/sega/atp/niigata/MCtop.html (Wayback Machine: 1999-10-11 23:06)
  4. ↑ http://www.sega.co.jp/sega/atp/niigata/MCcharge.html (Wayback Machine: 1999-10-11 20:42)


Joypolis venues
Current
Tokyo Joypolis (1996) | Shanghai Joypolis (2014) | Qingdao Joypolis (2015)
Former
Shinjuku Joypolis (1996-2000) | Niigata Joypolis (1995-2001) | Yokohama Joypolis (1994-2001) | Fukuoka Joypolis (1996-2001) | Kyoto Joypolis (1997-2002) | Umeda Joypolis (1998-2018) | Okayama Joypolis (1998-2018) | Joypolis VR Shibuya (2018-2020)
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