Landmark Entertainment Group
Landmark Entertainment Group, based in Los Angeles, California, and founded by Tony Christopher in 1980, is a global entertainment design firm that creates theme parks and attractions, live entertainment productions,[2] and virtual reality.[3] Aside from Landmark’s creation of Caesars Palace, the company is also known for producing attractions at Universal Studios including "The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man,"[4] "Jurassic Park: The Ride,"[5] and "Terminator 2 3D."
Private | |
Industry | Theme park Entertainment |
Founded | Los Angeles, California, United States[1] (1980 ) |
Founder | Tony Christopher |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | theme parks, resorts, attractions, hotels, casinos, retail, live theatre, virtual reality |
Website | www |
Landmark Entertainment Group has created themed attractions in over 35 countries on five continents, as well as concept and master plans for complete destination resorts, redevelopment areas, and mixed-use retail and entertainment facilities. Its previous projects include TV productions and movies, and original properties for animation.
Virtual Reality
The L.I.V.E. Centre
Announced in June 2015[6] , The Landmark Interactive Virtual Experience (L.I.V.E. Centre) is a virtual reality and augmented reality concept that will be created in a Chinese city in the summer of 2017.[7] This first 200,000 square foot installation will feature traditional theme park attractions, such as an interactive museum, virtual zoo, aquarium, live theatre, 4D theatre, and art gallery, with 30% of its experiences expected to contain virtual reality content.[8]
Pavilion Of Me™
In October 2015, Landmark announced the company’s concept of the Pavilion Of Me™(P.O.M), a daily-use in-home entertainment portal that reimagines everyday activities such as checking social media, online shopping, watching film and TV content, video chat, and playing video games into virtual reality experiences.[9]
Virtual World’s Fair
In conjunction with the Pavilion of Me™, the concept for the Virtual World's Fair™ was also announced—a virtual reality experience including real-time social interaction, entertainment, education and shopping, like a traditional world's fair, but designed for in-home use rather than as a real-world destination.[10]
Completed Projects
Client | Location | Attraction | Completion Date | Status | Source | Notes |
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Universal Studios Islands of Adventure | Orlando, Florida United States | May 28, 1999 | operating | A | theme park | |
Universal Studios Islands of Adventure | Orlando, Florida United States | The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man | 1999 | operating | [11] | ride |
Universal Studios Hollywood | Universal City, Los Angeles, California United States | Terminator 2: 3-D Battle Across Time | May 6, 1999 | closed 2012 | A | 3-D/4-D film |
Universal Studios Hollywood | Universal City, Los Angeles, California United States | Jurassic Park: The Ride | 1996 | operating | A | flume ride |
Universal Studios Hollywood | Universal City, Los Angeles, California United States | King Kong Encounter | June 14, 1986 | closed June 1, 2008 | A | scene on Studio Tour |
Universal Studios Hollywood | Universal City, Los Angeles, California United States | Conan the Barbarian | 1983 | closed (10 year run) | [12] | live show |
Universal Studios Hollywood | Universal City, Los Angeles, California United States | Ghostbusters | closed | A | live show | |
Paramount Parks | Hollywood, California United States | James Bond 007 Licence to Thrill | closed | A | live show | |
Las Vegas Hilton Hotel-Casino | Las Vegas, Nevada United States | Star Trek: The Experience | January 1998 | closed September 2008 | A | attraction |
Las Vegas Hilton Hotel-Casino | Las Vegas, Nevada United States | Star Trek: Retail Experience | January 1998 | closed September 2008 | A | retail |
Caesars Palace Hotel-Casino | Las Vegas, Nevada United States | operating | A | ? | ||
Caesars Palace Hotel-Casino | Las Vegas, Nevada United States | Forum Shops | operating | A | retail | |
The Venetian Las Vegas Hotel-Casino | Las Vegas, Nevada United States | operating | A | ? | ||
MGM Grand Las Vegas Hotel-Casino | Las Vegas, Nevada United States | operating | A | ? | ||
Barona Group ...of Mission Indians | Lakeside, California United States | Barona Resort and Casino | December 31, 2002 | operating | A | ? |
Sydney Harbor Casino | Sydney, NSW, Australia | operating | A | ? | ||
The Table Bay Hotel | Cape Town, South Africa | May 1997 | operating | A | ? | |
Sanrio Puroland | Tokyo, Japan | December 7, 1990 | operating | A | theme park | |
Sanrio Harmonyland | Oita Prefecture, Hayami District, Hiji, Fujiwara, Japan | operating | A | theme park | ||
Floraland | Chengdu, China | operating | A | theme park | ||
Enchanted Kingdom | Santa Rosa, Philippines | October 19, 1995 | operating | A | theme park | |
M&M's World | Las Vegas, Nevada United States | M&M Academy | 1997 | operating | A | retail |
Casper's Toonztown | Jakarta, Indonesia | Puri Indah Mall | 1997 | operating (under new management) | A | indoor theme park/retail |
MGM Grand Las Vegas Hotel-Casino | Las Vegas, Nevada United States | EFX | March 23, 1995 | closed | A | live production show |
Jesus Christ Superstar | Concert Tour United States | closed | A | bus and truck touring Broadway show | ||
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Concert Tour United States | closed | A | |||
Rolling Stones | Concert Tour International | Bridges to Babylon Tour | 1997 | closed | A | concert tour |
The Venetian Las Vegas Hotel-Casino | Las Vegas, Nevada United States | Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical) | closed | A | live theatre | |
- Source A is: place holder 1
References
- "Company History". Corporate Information. Landmark Entertainment Group. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
- Martin, Hugo (June 20, 2015). "At Southern California theme parks, some new twists on old rides". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
- Giardina, Carolyn (June 8, 2015). "Landmark Entertainment Group Entering Virtual Reality Business". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
- Clarke, Patrick (July 22, 2015). "Landmark Entertainment to Launch World's First Virtual Reality Theme Park by 2018". Fox News. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
- Martin, Hugo (December 7, 2011). "L.A. company to help build martial arts theme park in Chinachina". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
- Wilson, William (July 20, 2015). "Tony Christopher And Landmark Entertainment Enter A New Reality". Forbes. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- Strange, Adario (June 10, 2015). "Virtual reality amusement park in China will include a virtual zoo". Mashable. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- Robertson, Adi (October 26, 2015). "The Virtual World's Fair is where VR hype meets theme parks". Mashable. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- Roettgers, Janko (October 15, 2015). "Landmark Entertainment Is Building A Virtual Reality World's Fair". Variety Daily. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
- Martindale, Jon (October 15, 2015). "The Virtual World's Fair Will Transport You To The World's Wonders, and Disasters". Digital Trends. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- Wilson, William. "Tony Christopher And Landmark Entertainment Enter A New Reality". Forbes.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- Gennaway, Sam, JayBangs, Theme Park Press, 2016, pp. 43