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California-based entertainment design firm, Legacy Entertainment, will be making its Saudi Arabian debut at the Saudi Entertainment and Amusement (SEA) Expo being held in Riyadh, 7th to 9th May. There, the company will debut its new Expo Booth, which has been custom designed specifically for the SEA event.

Despite this being Legacy’s first public showcase in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the firm has been active in the region for several years. Currently, Legacy has four projects in the Middle East at various stages of design and construction.

Legacy Entertainment has designed several of the world’s largest Theme Parks, Resorts, and Aquariums and during the SEA Expo, Taylor Jeffs, Legacy’s President and Chief Creative Officer, will be delivering a keynote speech.

“Saudi Arabia is the most exciting market in the world right now,” shared Eric Carnagey, Legacy’s Managing Director, as well as one of the firm’s owners. “With a combination of vision, talent, and access to capital, there is an opportunity there to transform the way the entire world experiences and consumes the next generation of location-based entertainment.”

Long known as a dominant themed attraction-design force throughout Asia, the executives at Legacy point out that they have been waiting for just the right opportunity before diving into the Saudi Arabian market

Carnagey adds “A key part of Legacy’s success over the years has been exercising great discretion in selecting the exact right projects with the exact right partners.

“We have waited a long time for just the right opportunities in Saudi Arabia to present themselves, and we are confident that within the very near future, the Legacy brand will be successfully launched in this vital region with the strongest suite of new partners and projects imaginable!”

This year’s SEA Expo comes at a pivotal time for the bustling Saudi Arabian market. Despite there only being a few operating Theme Parks available in the region at this time, a recent YouGov study has indicated that 1 in 5 Saudi residents prefer Theme Parks as their go-to leisure destination.

“This figure is remarkably strong for a market in its infancy and suggests a bright future for the various parks in that region which are currently under-construction, including Six Flags Qiddiya,” Carnagey concludes.

Currently celebrating its 20th anniversary year, the Hollywood, California-based Legacy Entertainment stands as one of the most successful, independent, entertainment design firms in the global industry today. The company has developed, designed, and produced over 40 successful projects worldwide, spanning mediums that include Theme Parks, Hotels/Resorts, Casinos, and Aquariums.

Legacy’s signature projects to date have included: the Galaxy Macau Resort, Macau Studio City resort, the Georgia Aquarium, Lotte World expansion, Kingdom of Poseidon resort, and the Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park.

Recent openings of Legacy-designed attractions include the all-new Chimelong Spaceship in Zhuhai, China; Lotte World Adventure Busan theme park in Busan, Korea; the Sea Shell Aquarium at VinWonders Phu Quoc/Vietnam, and Batavia: The Floating City at PIK 2 in Indonesia.  

For more information go to www.legacyentertainment.com/

Image. Legacy Entertainment new Expo Booth at the Saudi Entertainment and Amusement (SEA) Expo being held in Riyadh, 7th to 9th May. 

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