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Phantasialand Expansion Land Sale Approved

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A significant win for Phantasialand in their decades of fighting for an expansion. The NRW state government has at last agreed to sell to the park the land west of the park which has been the subject of the last 10 years of expansion debate.

However before we celebrate too early - now the final hurdle is the local council to approve planning. However the current council is anti-expansion so they probably will need to wait until the next election in few years to see if there’s a change in parties. Nevertheless this is a big unexpected step towards expansion and the most significant development in 20 years. One major hurdle down, one more to go...

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Good news for # Brühl, good news for #phantasialand 🥳! The NRW cabinet today decided to sell the land owned by the state, which Phantasialand 🎢 needs for the urgently needed expansion, to the amusement park by swapping land. Our thanks 🙏 go to the FDP state parliament members of the Rhein-Erft-Kreis Ralph Bombis and the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis Jörn Freynick, who campaigned for it on the FDP side. Now the ball is back with us in Brühl - it will be interesting to see how the parliamentary groups in the Council will position themselves in this regard
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The land in question. Phantasialand's owner Robert Loffelhardt spoke about the park's master plan in an interview with Parkworld Magazine in 2014 at the opening of Chiapas. Obviously his hope they'd get it in 2014 didn't work out but I imagine this evening he is finally somewhat relived.
"The most important thing is to bring the park to a higher level, so that all of the rides are modern 'e-ticket' attractions,' muses Loffelhardt. "That is the first step, but we also want to go for more hotels and evening entertainment, because business events are important to us when the park is closed. And then I think we go the next step and open the park for the whole year, but for that we need a second concept, and I think that will be a nice waterpark. We have been working on getting the extra land for the last 10 years, but I think this year we will get it".
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Huge plot, and away from dwellings!!! Shame it will take a while to get planning.

The local council need to consider the revenue that the park already brings to the area, as well as the jobs it generates. a plot this size could significantly increase both!!!

It's not like the park causes any major traffic issues, with the proximity to the main road. And by the looks of that map, carefully selected building / screening on the very north of the triangle would alleviate any noise issues. (Stick a hotel / car park here with screening.)

Anyway, can't wait to see how this pans out and what they actually have planned. Second gate really wouldn't bother me in the slightest! I like to stay multiple days anyway!
 
Will they be finally putting Mr. "No guests in my car park and also there shall be a train running through said car park" out of business?
 
I've heard talk of Phantasialand going full out with a new waterpark on said expansion site for awhile, anybody consider it valid?
 
phantasialand is probably the best park in the world for this sort of thing to happen to. I wonder how much the neighbors appreciate they're literally holding back the creme de la creme of theme parks from theme-park-ing even better
 
Peter Immelmann said:
It seems Phantasialand suggested some barter with another forested plot of land they bought somewhere else. They really got creative to convince the officials... This is the official document (in German though):

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Here's a translation:
Reason:
In order to expand the Phantasialand amusement park in Brühl, the 8th amendment to the Cologne regional plan has identified a western expansion area in accordance with the site security concept, with the objective of "expanding the general settlement area (ASB) for specific uses (Phantasialand)" (announcement in the GVBI.
NRW 2013, p. 153). After the change in the regional plan comes into force, it is the responsibility of the city Brühl, as part of their planning sovereignty, to adapt the land-use planning for this area to the changed goals of spatial planning. From the point of view of the city of Brühl as well as from the point of view of Phantasialand, in the past.
The ownership of the land in the expansion area as an essential imponderable for perceived the procedure. The operating company of Phantasialand intends therefore to advance the long-standing expansion project for the Phantasialand amusement park in Brühl by purchasing this expansion area. With the negotiated property exchange contract, the special situation on site is taken into account and added value for nature conservation is achieved, but at the same time the interests of the contracting party with regard to taking possession of the area are taken into account and signals that the state will not oppose the regional planning goals.
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The contract stipulates that the state will receive a forest area with a size of 38.82 hectares directly adjacent to the existing state forest in exchange for the expansion area to be surrendered. After the development plan has come into force, there is a claim for additional payment, which Phantasialand fulfils in the form of a cash payment and which is earmarked for the further consolidation of the state forest of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
For the respective valuation, forest valuation resp. Market value appraisal prepared. The transfer of ownership on both sides will not take place until the city has entered into force. Brühl development plan no. 06.01. The as part of the land-use planning. The contract does not anticipate the tests to be carried out and the regulations to be met. Phantasialand has to take over and implement the resulting requirements.
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We have seen what Phantasialand can do.
This is great news. Curious what they want and gonna do. And what they can do (regulations and stuff).
 
A local newspaper reports that the SPD party in Brühl has announced that it no longer opposes the expansion. This means the expansion might finally get a majority vote in the local assembly.
 
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A local newspaper reports that the SPD party in Brühl has announced that it no longer opposes the expansion. This means the expansion might finally get a majority vote in the local assembly.
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I really hope that this is the case. But as I lived directly at the park for years I also know how much the people around the area are against it. So I assume there will be still loads of difficulties for Phantasialand.

I personally don't get it. The biggest complain is about the noise (that's why Wuze Town for example is completely indoor). I lived directly at the park ( I could see mystery castle from my window, without anything between) and the noise what not really that bad. Also, most of the people in Brühl which complain about the noise are actually living not that close to it.

Hope Phantasialand can finally go ahead with the planning. I also worked in the park for years so I know how much the park is struggling.
 
Park noise issues have always fascinated me. I lived directly across the street from Universal Studios Florida for over a decade and never really noticed.....sounds. I could see the park from my window (and see Funspots SkyCoaster from my pool!) And even with the park doing nightly fireworks it was barely noticeable and after a while you just drown it out?

I think issues like traffic and tourists invading your area is a more reasonable excuse to not want a park to expand, maybe issues with sight lines..... but sound is just silly
 
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Freizeitpark: SPD Brühl sperrt sich nicht mehr gegen Phantasialand-Erweiterung

Die Partei formuliert klare Bedingungen für eine Vergrößerung des Freizeitparks. Das Unternehmen möchte seit Jahrzehnten expandieren.
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SPD Brühl no longer locks itself against Phantasialand expansion

The party formulates clear conditions for an enlargement of the amusement park. The company wants to expand for decades.

At its general meeting (March 22nd), the SPD Brühl has spoken in favor of supporting discussions about expanding the Phantasialand. The party has formulated clear conditions to ensure “compatible development” for the city and its citizens. "Phantasialand is an important economic factor for Brühl. We see the opportunities, but also the challenges of a possible expansion and want a solution that takes into account both the amusement park and the interests of the city and its inhabitants," explains Karim Hayit, chairman of the Brühler SPD.

The background to this is that the amusement park has been pushing its area for decades in order to become more attractive, especially for payable multi -day guests. It is planned to build an Aquapark hotel resort and a theater and concert hall on the expansion area. So far, the red-green Brühl majority of this request has blocked. Local environmental protection initiatives have also announced resistance to the expansion plans.

The amusement park would like to expand to the west. It is about an area in the country, which is like a triangle and is located between the state road 194 in the north, the 553 motorway in the south and the parking in the east. The area comprises around 15 hectares, is forested and is largely under nature conservation.

The red-green majority alliance in the Brühler Council has so far been adhered to the agreement made after the election 2020 to put an expansion of the Phantasialand on hold. CDU and FDP had always spoken out for the expansion. Now the relief of the amusement park is no longer considered taboo at the Brühler SPD. "Basically, my attitude to an expansion is positive," said SPD mayor candidate Bernhard Schumacher recently.

Schumacher now formulates clear demands: "An expansion must not be at the expense of nature and existing social structures." His party insists that the biotope duck pond will remain unchanged during an expansion and that the allotment garden association remains untouched. In addition, a comprehensive traffic concept must be developed in order to minimize the burden for residents in the neighboring districts.

The binding of the Phantasialand to the city and its residents should also be strengthened again. "It would be a strong sign if the Phantasialand offers offers such as the 'Day of the Brühler' again to strengthen the local connection," said Hayit. The SPD Brühl will accompany the further process constructively and stand up for a solution that takes into account economic, ecological and social interests alike.
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I will be excited to see how this all will work out. This topic was already very current when I was still working in the park.

The planned theater will likely be for the Fantissima Dinnershow. The building at the moment is just too low from the height to show aerial artistic properly. Also, currently it is very difficult to rebuild something in the space of the old Hollywood Tour, as it is directly below the Fantissima Theater. Construction works are nearly impossible without disturbing the Dinnershow.

I heard that Crazy Bats, the old Hollywood Tour and the Fantissima Theater will be replaced with something new, as soon as there would be a new theater for Fantissima.
 
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