Infinity Planet theme park, entertainment precinct proposed for Elimbah, north of Brisbane

[Naazon]

Source: https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/infinity-planet-theme-park-entertainment-precinct-proposed-for-elimbah-north-of-brisbane/news-story/462fa135f740be4e76b56feaac4cc1f3?amp

 

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Infinity Planet theme park, entertainment precinct proposed for Elimbah, north of Brisbane

A sprawling Dubai-style entertainment city is being proposed to replace farmland just kilometres from the Bruce Highway north of Brisbane, with developers claiming it would create nearly 5000 jobs.

Queensland's entertainment landscape could be set for a Dubai-style theme park pitched for Elimbah. Supplied by SAS Group

 

A strawberry and macadamia farm just a kilometre from the Steve Irwin Way turn-off could be turned into a $2.6bn Dubai-style entertainment precinct complete with theme parks, 700 hotel rooms and a cultural mall.

And the first precinct will open in time for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games — at least according to new developer RHC City.

The project at Elimbah is being pitched as a “permanent world expo” dubbed Infinity Planet, with development application documents now submitted with Moreton Bay City Council.
It would be built alongside the Bruce Highway at a 68 hectare site which includes 235-245 Bartholomew Road, Elimbah, currently used for strawberry and macadamia farming.
Infinity Planet would include a 9000-seat city hall centrepiece venue, a 136,000 sqm “internationally themed” retail and dining precinct, and a “globally connected business and technology park”.

Renders of the Infinity Planet plans. Picture Supplied by SAS Group

 

The first stage would include a theme park, city hall, cultural mall, complex art mall, and 10,000 car spaces — though there will be no driving allowed within the precinct itself.

Visitors are instead “encouraged to come and go by train” via Elimbah Station, which is more than 3km away.

RHC City chief executive Ramin Ahmadi said Infinity Planet would be Australia’s “largest purpose-built integrated entertainment city”, with parts scheduled to open before the 2032 Games.

There would be fifty pavilions available for interested countries to invest in, from where they could share their culture with visitors, Mr Ahmadi said.
“We want to present Australia’s culture to the world, and bring the world’s culture to Australia,” he said.
The second stage would include the hotel towers, technology park, office and training centre, and residential apartments for employees and visiting professionals.

The high-end construction — like the city hall — would be handled by experts with experience in Asia, where Mr Ahmadi’s company has deeper connections.
To build the site, the developers are requesting a new site-specific planning scheme.
They believe up to 1.2 million people would visit the theme parks each year, and 1.8 million would head there to shop.

Aerials of how the ‘city’ would look. Picture: SAS Group

 

The developers claim the project would create 1075 jobs over the five-year construction period and support 1320 indirect full-time-equivalent jobs across the supply chain.
They also claim the project would generate 4670 direct jobs once operational, along with 1440 indirect jobs — which they said represents around five per cent of total employment for the City of Moreton Bay.
A City of Moreton Bay spokesman said council wasn’t surprised the region was picked for the “iconic destination project”.
“We look forward to hearing how the project progresses, and welcome any employment, recreational and economic benefits that eventuate.”

A development application seen by this masthead lists RHC City’s past project experience in “co-construction” and as “delivery partners” for the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, JW Marriott Hotel in Baku, and Warisan Merdeka Mall in Kuala Lumpur.
ASIC records show Mr Ahmadi is the majority shareholder for RHC City, and has two fellow directors who part own the business, Hotan Ehsani and Amir Ranjbar.

 

 

Add this one to the list boys. I think it slots nicely between Actventure and Habitat Waterford, nestled in closely with Australian Disney.

[Brad2912]

I’ll be shocked if this ever happens. In the realm of Wonderland 2

[New display name]

I like how the theme park was designed using Planet Coaster.🤣

[Naazon]

47 minutes ago, New display name said:

I like how the theme park was designed using Planet Coaster.🤣

I like how diverse the ride line up is with 3 pirate ships (two of which are identical) and 2 twin hammers.

 

Edit:  Just saw the 2 gyro swings too.

Edited yesterday at 12:34 AM by Naazon

[westical]

This will open shortly after the Townsville Water Park. 

[New display name]

2027 for the Theme Park.

57 minutes ago, Naazon said:

I like how diverse the ride line up is with 3 pirate ships (two of which are identical) and 2 twin hammers.

 

Edit:  Just saw the 2 gyro swings too.

You can never have enough pirate ships.  

[wikiverse]

I'm personally excited for the Arrow Corkscrew.  Nothing screams 'iconic destination' like a 1980s roller coaster.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

I'd come to reply about the multiple ships, gyros and ranger\twin hammers - but since that's all been taken, i'd like to point out the multiple circus tents that can't be much bigger than a disabled portaloo.

[Naazon]

51 minutes ago, DaptoFunlandGuy said:

I'd come to reply about the multiple ships, gyros and ranger\twin hammers - but since that's all been taken, i'd like to point out the multiple circus tents that can't be much bigger than a disabled portaloo.

Oh you mean the conjoined Tents?

 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

2 minutes ago, Naazon said:

Oh you mean the conjoined Tents?

 

No, that's pretty normal

 

Moreso I meant the tents that were for ants (only old people will get that reference) like this one which has both a ranger and a gyro for scale.

 

[Gazza]

I can see a bit of Turbosquid in there.

[New display name]

The Ranger, Circus Tent & Pirate ship are from the $50.00 bundle pack @Gazza  🤣 

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

The more you look, the more you find...

 

ENJOY HAVE FUN

Also it's facing the wrong way giving me Doomsday vibes

[New display name]

Doomsday was the name of the ride not the precinct.  Why wouldn't you put the name of the ride at the entry of the ride?

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

See... I wanted to try and find a picture of a billboard that was directly behind a tall building so nobody except the people in the building could see it, but nobody is that stupid to build a billboard behind a building.

The best viewing angle for the doomsday bridge is the one seen in the Parkz photo above, which is not generally at the height most guests will ever get to see. Because people are navigating around a corner to enter the queue, they're typically looking down, and those not navigating to the ride queue are facing away from the sign because they're looking at the interactive features in and around the precinct. 

Yes, the ride name sign \ bridge should be over the entrance to the ride queue. But the ride queue should not be accessed from the back. Like I already said... it's facing the wrong way.

And billboards shouldn't face into a building - it defeats their purpose.

Plus, this isn't a bridge. this is just random AI slop

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Edited 19 hours ago by DaptoFunlandGuy

[New display name]

I'm not about to get into another back and forth with you, so this will be my last comment on putting the cart before the horse or you wearing your undies on the outside.   You can reply and I will read but I won’t comment further.

 

Turning the entrance to the front of the precinct dimensions the need for the precinct.  The precinct is the pre-show to the ride.

Unless you’re an ant you can see the sign as you enter the ride just fine.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

37 minutes ago, New display name said:

I'm not about to get into another back and forth with you

That'd be a first. 

1 hour ago, New display name said:

Unless you’re an ant you can see the sign as you enter the ride just fine.

Unfortunately human nature is to take the most efficient route which means most people heading for the ride entrance won't actually see it as they are practically underneath the sign the whole time

It's undeniably a choice, I believe it to be the wrong one. 

1 hour ago, New display name said:

Turning the entrance to the front of the precinct dimensions the need for the precinct.  The precinct is the pre-show to the ride.

I think you meant "diminishes" - and I disagree. It is collectively a themed 'land' however you can just as easily exit riders out of the attraction to the rear so that they experience the Villains area after riding. 

 

At any rate, this discussion was entirely about a billboard facing the wrong way in an AI generated theme park that is never going to be built, and the only reason Doomsday is topical is because it had a similar bridge facing what, in many people's opinion, is the wrong way. 

Are you arguing that the AI slop billboard of random inspirational words is facing the correct way? Because that's the point being made.

[Baconjack]

At least this park seems to be backed by some kind of money, that raises the chance of it opening in any form by about 2%
 

zero chance that it’s completed in its proposed form though. It’ll be reduced to the shops and the theme park whenever the first stake is in the ground 

[New display name]

During the announcement on the news yesterday, everyone was eating cake, therefore it’s a done deal.

[wikiverse]

1 hour ago, Baconjack said:

It’ll be reduced to the shops and the theme park whenever the first stake is in the ground 

It will become mixed-use residential and commercial offices with some retail.

Disney couldn't even get a 'permanent world expo' to work at Epcot beyond the early 2000s and it's just turned into another theme park with rides themed to Disney IP.  Brisbane doesn't get the tourist numbers to justify something like this as a permanent attraction.

Also, a 'business and technology park with retail' might work since Northlakes isn't too far away and it's a shorter commute for residents there than going into the CBD, but a theme park and a 700 room hotel just up the road from Caboolture isn't going to happen.  There is no demand for it.  Aussie World can't even sustain 7 day operations or being open for more than 6 hours a day and it's right by the Glasshouse Mountains. 

I don't have a problem with people dreaming big and wanting to build something impressive.  Dreamworld was built on a patch of land in the middle of no where with no public transport and it became a destination that arguably drove the placement of Coomera Station and ultimately Westfield. But this is just being pitched as a weird combination of business park and theme park.

If the developers were talking about building specific attractions - rides that don't exist at the GC, animal experiences that don't exist at Australia Zoo, then we'd probably take this more seriously instead of ridiculing it.  But they're not.  They've not mentioned a single attraction other than '10,000 car parking spaces' and the concept art just shows duplicate 1980/90s rides.  It tells us that exactly zero thought has gone into what this could be beyond 'spaces for stuff'.

Honestly, I could see a version of this working somewhere like Hamilton/Northshore with a LPS style park (possibly slightly larger) and cultural performance spaces/theatres, Television Studios and a hotel... functional spaces that would get used, close to where people live.

These people aren't interested in building a destination.  If they were, they'd choose a more appropriate location. They've just got a plot of land they want to develop and they're pitching an idea around 'tourism and culture' to attract government funding/subsidies instead of just building an office park/shopping mall with their own money.

[New display name]

People travel a long distance to visit Australia Zoo so if the theme park is a great theme park people will travel for it.  (but there has been no indication it will be a great park)

Wrapping a heavy commercial application with talk of a theme park is 100% referred to, for getting the public behind it.  Songcheng Theme Park, Dreamworld expansion and now Infinity Planet.