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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 of the | + | '''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 opening 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}} |
| − | Under its new ownership, the park was renamed to Magic City @ Niigata Joypolis, losing several of its original attractions and its original décor on the ground floor, and gaining several new restaurants as well as an electronic card payment system in the process. It closed permanently in January 2001, | + | Under its new ownership, the park was renamed to Magic City @ Niigata Joypolis, losing several of its original attractions and its original décor on the ground floor, and gaining several new restaurants as well as an electronic card payment system in the process. 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 an entertainment complex in the following years. |
==Major attractions== | ==Major attractions== | ||
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*''[[Alien Panic]]'' | *''[[Alien Panic]]'' | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
Revision as of 15:53, 14 March 2021
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| Niigata Joypolis |
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| 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 opening 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 to Magic City @ Niigata Joypolis, losing several of its original attractions and its original décor on the ground floor, and gaining several new restaurants as well as an electronic card payment system in the process. It closed permanently in January 2001[1], with the site redeveloped to become an 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
Psychadern, House of Grandish
SegaSonic & Tails gift shop
Magic City era exterior
Magic City era interior
Promotional material
Leaflet front
Flyer front
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://www.sega.co.jp/sega/atp/niigata/ (Wayback Machine: 2001-06-02 08:41)
- ↑ https://www.ampress.co.jp/backnumber/bn1998.06.01.htm
| Joypolis venues |
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| 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) |