GOSHEN, NY—Merlin Entertainments, the developer of the proposed $500-millon LEGOLAND New York theme park here, announced on Wednesday that it will begin construction on the project in early 2018.
Empire State Development also reported on Wednesday that it was providing an additional $18 million in incentives for the project, bringing the state's total commitment to more than $25 million for the venture.
Merlin Entertainments CEO Nick Varney announced that the firm would move forward with the project at an event held at the Palacio Catering and Conference Center in Goshen attended by hundreds of political, business and civic leaders as well as a host of children and parents from the area. The project secured site plan approval from the Town of Goshen Planning Board on Oct. 19th.
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John Jordan
John Jordan is a veteran journalist with 36 years of print and digital media experience.
