Pico Play partners with Mildura on Light/State immersive light installation
Read versions of this article on Blooloop and Ausleisure Expressions of Interest are invited from investors, operators and stakeholders Pico Play, a global leader in the planning, design, development and construction of world-class themed attractions and entertainment, and Mildura Regional Development are inviting Expressions of Interest (EOI) from investors, operators and stakeholders, in order to deliver two large-scale
Climb your way into the $18 Billion industry of FECs
As the saying goes; “Sometimes there are decades where nothing happens and sometimes there are weeks where decades happen”. For Family Entertainment Centres (or FECs), this is one of those ‘weeks’. Despite the devastation of the entertainment and leisure industry through the pandemic, a silver lining is quickly becoming apparent.
Gavin Seipelt – roller coaster encyclopaedia
They often say that life is like a rollercoaster, it is full of ups, downs, twists and turns. But, what if your life is actually all about rollercoasters? Meet Gavin Seipelt – Pico Play’s very own walking rollercoaster and theme park encyclopaedia. Gavin has been an attraction designer for the
Making Waves
The following article appears in Australasian Leisure Management Magazine Issue 144 Noel Dempsey and Nigel Benton assess the potential of destination surf parks Assuming the Tokyo Games go ahead in July, surfing will be one of over 30 sports making its Olympic debut. The sport’s long-awaited arrival on the Olympic stage is widely
The total solution Surf Parks need to avoid a wipeout
Versions of this article appear in Blooloop and Surf Park Central Surf’s up on destination surf parks, the latest leisure trend taking the world by storm. But beyond designing gnarly breaks and perfect pipelines, operators need a total solution-based approach to avoid wiping out. Pico Play Director Darren McLean said surf parks must
Gold Coast’s big octopus is Australia’s next big thing
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! - the Surfers Paradise themed attraction on Queensland’s Gold Coast - has unveiled their nine-metre-long Big Octopus created and constructed by Pico Play. Visitors to Queensland will now be able to add the Big Octopus to their road-trip list of ‘Big Things of Australia’, a popular
Virtual internships not denting optimism
Declan is our newest intern here at Pico Play and is our first ever intern joining us virtually! In his final semester at Monash University studying Commerce, Declan Dempsey has had the unique opportunity to tune in from his home in Melbourne to our global headquarters on the sunny Gold
Navigating the new normal of the event industry in Hong Kong
Lawrence Chia, Group Chairman and CEO of the Hong Kong-listed Pico Far East Holdings, shares his thoughts about how the COVID-19 pandemic will impact the the event industry in Hong Kong and our lives altogether. He outlines that with the development of the "new normal' way of living, the event
Are virtual & hybrid events the new normal?
The world’s population currently stands at around 7.75 billion; 60% of which are connected to the internet and close to 50% are active social media users, according to a recent report published by Hootsuite. The average internet user also spends around 40% of our waking hours or 6.7 hours daily
Case study: breaking into the E-Sports market at ChinaJoy 2019
Pico worked with online retailer JD to create a huge booth at the ChinaJoy 2019 entertainment conference, which had 364,000 visitors in four days. Objectives For most brands who want to tap into the gaming market, catching the attention of the thousands of digital entertainment consumers at ChinaJoy – the China Digital