Soon a LEGOLAND park in Belgium? Merlin Entertainments confirms work on the file

The rumor of the opening of a fourth European LEGOLAND park located in Belgium had already been circulating for many months, but no official statement from the main party had so far really formalized the existence and progress of this project.

This is now the case with a press release published by the company Merlin Entertainments which confirms that the group is seeking to expand its European presence and is very interested in setting up in Belgium a few kilometers from Charleroi.

Merlin also confirms that the project has received a favorable reception from the various regional managers and that negotiations will begin with the Walloon investment fund SOGEPA specializing in the reconversion of former industrial sites and owner of the land on which the park would be. implanted.

The park would initially occupy only part of the land of Gosselies used in the past by the Caterpillar company and the unused area could possibly be used for a future extension or more simply be converted into green spaces.

Nothing has yet been signed, the Gosselies area near Charleroi is the one that remains a priority on this issue, but it will be necessary to wait for the various stakeholders to come to an agreement, in particular on the financing of the project. Merlin Entertainments announces that the final decision will be made when the health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting restrictions are behind us.

If this new LEGOLAND park were to open one day, it would be the fourth in Europe after Billund (Denmark), Windsor (UK) and Günzburg (Germany). Elsewhere in the world, the opening of the new New York park is expected to take place within the year and locations are planned in South Korea and China by 2023.