Europe's first covered theme park starring 'Mad Men' and 'The Hunger Games'
Europe's first covered theme park starring 'Mad Men' and 'The Hunger Games'
AN INDOOR theme park based upon Mad Men and The Hunger Games will open in Madrid next year – the only one in Europe and the second in the world, with another due to launch later in New York.
Based in a covered complex of just over an acre, the pioneering interactive museum is the result of a deal struck between Hollywood Lionsgate and Parques Reunidos and led by three Spanish celebrities – Luis Álvarez, comedian José Mota and star of the Torrente 'disastrous cop' series of films, Santiago Segura.
Called La Estación, it will be based in Madrid's old North Station – once a direct rival for Atocha but which fell into disuse when Chamartín station opened, the building will soon be partially relaunched as the Bankia-Príncipe Pío Grand Theatre, complete with a concert hall and terraces with panoramic views of the Royal Palace and the Almudena Cathedral.
Once the complex opens to the public in November 2019, it will be Europe's first-ever covered theme park.
Another identical centre will open in the same month in New York's Times Square.
Virtual-reality and 4D simulators allow visitors to get right inside the set of The Hunger Games and visit the restaurants frequented by Don Draper in Mad Men.
