Player's Arena

Player's Arena (Simplified Chinese: 上海新世界世嘉游艺城) was an indoor theme park and game center located in Shanghai, China, housed within the eighth and ninth floors of the New World Shanghai complex. It was owned and operated by Shanghai New World Sega Entertainment Co, Ltd. A joint venture between Sega Corporation and New World Shanghai Co, Ltd.

History

The venue initially opened on 24 December 2005 before opening officially for a trial run on the 30th.^[1] After this trial period, the venue fully opened on 23 May 2006.^[2] The attraction was an early attempt at a Joypolis-type indoor theme park aimed at the Chinese market.^[3]

Former attractions

Name	Designer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Aqua Nova	Sega AM5	Simulator	December 24, 2005	2011	Scrapped
Cosmical Cups	Unknown	Teacups	December 24, 2005	2011	Scrapped
Halfpipe Canyon	Sega AM5	Pendulum	December 24, 2005	2011	Scrapped
Mystic Ocean	Unknown	Simulator	December 24, 2005	2011	Scrapped
Wild River	Sega AM5	Simulator	December 24, 2005	2011	Scrapped

References

This box: view edit Amusement Parks and Game Centers operated by Sega
Joypolis	Fukuoka Kyoto Niigata Okayama Shinjuku Tokyo Umeda Yokohama
Galbo	Ichikawa Osaka ATC Yokkaichi
Overseas Parks	Player's Arena Sega Republic Sega World Sydney SegaWorld London
Game Centers with Attractions	Club Sega Canal City Club Sega Chatan Club Sega Yokohama Sega Arena Hamaotsu Sega Arena Nakama Sega Arena Padou Sega Arena Toyohashi Sega World Cospal Sega World Hakkeijima Carnival House Sega World Rinku Sega World Utsunomiya
Overseas Arcades with Attractions	GameWorks Rio de Janeiro Sega Arena Taichung Sega's Time Out On the Court Sega VirtuaLand Sega World Bournemouth Sega World Oe

[1] ttps://segaretro.org/images/3/3f/PressRelease_JP_2005-12-06_3.pdf

[2] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20210709195745/https://www.hanwa.co.jp/leisure/works/data/JS-07.pdf

[3] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20210709195745/https://www.hanwa.co.jp/leisure/works/data/JS-07.pdf

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