HALLOWEEN HAS ARRIVED AT NICKELODEON UNIVERSE

BY GABRIELLE

For October only Mall of America’s Nickelodeon Universe will be transferred into Boo-niverse, for a Halloween extravaganza.

Visitors to the indoor amusement park in Bloomington, Minnesota, will be able to experience the park’s Fright Lights Halloween Spectacular.

Taking place at the South Entrance of FNickelodeon Universe, a spooky disco with strobe lights, fog effects and Halloween dancers, will invite guests to join in and boogie to spooky music.

The Fright Lights Halloween Spectacular will be taking place on Friday and Saturday evenings from October 11 until the end of October.

Guests can also participate in the Double Dare Challenge, involving navigating through a Spooktacular obstacle course, taking on physical challenges, answering trivia questions and dodging getting slimed!

For the Halloween period, the park’s Log Chute will become a haunted Fog Chute, with bats, cobwebs ghosts travelling alongside guests in the watery mill.

Youngsters are invited to make their own slime when they purchase an all-day Nickelodeon Universe wristband.

Other spooky fun includes watching local pumpkin carvers compete in the Nickelodeon Universe Amateur Pumpkin Carving Championship, picking up treats when walking down the Treat Trail and going trick or treating around the Mall of America.

PROVIDENT RECOMMENDED AS OWNER AND OPERATOR OF MALL OF AMERICA’S WATERPARK

BY GABRIELLE

The Bloomington Port Authority and City Council are recommending Provident Resource Group as the non-profit owner and operator of the South Loop Waterpark at the Mall of America.

Costing $250 million to develop, the 335,000 square-foot attraction would be one of North America’s largest indoor waterparks.

Provident, alongside five other organisations, submitted a request for proposals to be a borrower for the financing of the new site.

Following a series of meetings, Bloomington City Council shortlisted three organisations – Provident Resources Group, Community Facility Partners and National Development Council.

With extensive experience in operating similar attraction projects, Provident was unanimously recommended to the City Council.

With support from the City Council, Provident would be able to negotiate a contract and begin working on the waterpark as soon as possible.

The building of Mall of America’s South Loop Waterpark could start as early as 2020. Completion could be set for 2022.