Futuroscope
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.jpg) IMAX cinema in the Futuroscope |
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| place | Chasseneuil-du-Poitou , France | |||
| opening | May 31, 1987 | |||
| Visitors | 1.9 million (2016) | |||
| surface | 60 hectares | |||
| Website | www.futuroscope.com | |||
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Coordinates: 46 ° 40 ′ 17 ″ N , 0 ° 22 ′ 14 ″ E
The Futuroscope is an amusement park in France dedicated to the media technologies of the future. It is located in Chasseneuil-du-Poitou , near Poitiers . Old and new films are shown in the many different cinemas.
The main attractions of the Futuroscope include:
- IMAX cinemas (also 3D )
- interactive spectacle
- Water features
- Cyber avenue
- Gyrotour (observation tower, 48 m)
- Multimedia center (with VR games)
- CyberMedia (free internet café )
Futuroscope was several times a stage of the Tour de France as well as the venue of the Electronic Sports World Cup in 2003 and 2004.
As of January 2019, a space roller coaster and a 6000-seat arena for sporting and cultural events are planned for the future.
Web links
Commons : Futuroscope - collection of images, videos and audio files
- www.futuroscope.com - amusement park website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Futuroscope increases visitor numbers by almost 4 percent in 2016. , on parkerlebnis.de; accessed on January 21, 2017
- ↑ Futuroscope with big plans in the coming years. In: ThemePark-Central.de. February 20, 2019, accessed on February 20, 2019 (German).