Despite a delayed opening and extensive capacity constraints, Liseberg reports an improvement in earnings of almost one billion SEK for 2021 compared to 2020. "We are beginning to see the contours of a Liseberg, which has made its way through the crisis," says Andreas Andersen, CEO of Liseberg.
The Applause Award is the theme- and amusement parks industry’s oldest and most prestigious award. The award has been presented biannually since 1980, but due to the current circumstances around COVID-19, the 2020 award will be postponed until 2022.
The Applause Award is the theme- and amusement parks industry’s oldest and most prestigious award. This year it is 40 years since the very first Applause Award was presented. But due to the current circumstances around COVID-19, the 2020 award will be postponed until 2021.
On June 22, 2020 Swedish amusement parks were informed that they will not be allowed to open this summer. This has large consequences for the Swedish amusement park industry. Despite this, Liseberg is looking ahead. South of the amusement park the new Grand Curiosa Hotel is rapidly taking shape. “In these tough times, it feels amazing to see this project come to life”, says Andreas Andersen.
This spring Liseberg opens the new Dark Ride Underland, situated in the children’s area Kaninlandet (the Rabbit Land). For the new ride, visitors will not have to stand in a physical queue and wait. Instead, Liseberg launches a newly developed virtual queuing system.
This week, the last section of Valkyria’s track was assembled and the track is now complete. Four roller coaster enthusiasts were invited to sign the track section, together with staff working on Valkyria. The track section was put into place with three flags attached to it; one Polish, one German and one large Swedish flag, representing the different countries and the teams working on Valkyria.
Liseberg was awarded as Sweden's tenth best workplace amongst big organizations at the Great Place to Work Gala on March 26th in Stockholm.