Seagaia Ocean Dome

The Seagaia Ocean Dome (シーガイアオーシャンドーム, Shīgaia Ōshan Dōmu), was one of the world's largest indoor waterparks, located in Miyazaki, Japan. The Polynesia-themed Ocean Dome, which was part of the Sheraton Seagaia Resort, with the world's biggest retractable roof, which [was] opened and closed according to the weather conditions; 12,000 square metres of sandy beach, crushed from 600 tonnes of stones; an "ocean" six times larger than an Olympic pool, filled with 13,500 tonnes of unsalted, chlorinated water kept at a piping hot 28deg C, and had a wave-machine with 200 variations, was listed on the Guinness World Records as the biggest simulated pool. This 850-acre resort in Miyazaki, on the southern island of Kyushu, boasts five hotels, several golf-courses, a botanical park and a zoo; but due to bankruptcy, the dome was later bought by Ripplewood, an American private-equity fund, in 2001 for 16.2 billion yen (Dollars 148,000,000m) which is under 10% of its construction costs of 200 billion yen (1,826,000,000m). Ripplewood had also invested an additional 3.5 billion (Dollars 32m) yen on renovations for the dome; but even after the remodeling of the resort, the hotel closed down with liabilities of 276 billion yen (Dollars 2,520,984,000m).

Seagaia Ocean Dome

Miyazaki Ocean Dome, surrounded by golf courses
Miyazaki Ocean Dome, main pool
LocationMiyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
Coordinates31.955112°N 131.469655°E / 31.955112; 131.469655
Construction
OpenedJuly 30, 1993
ClosedOctober 1, 2007
Demolished2017
Construction costcost yen200 billion ($1.6 billion)

The Ocean Dome water park, which opened in 1993 along with the rest of the complex, was visited by 1.25 million people in the peak year of fiscal 1995. Other accommodations within the area include the Seaside Hotel Phoenix, the Sun Hotel Phoenix, and the Cottage Himuka, with 14 cottages in a wooded setting. Depending on the season, entrance cost for the simulated dome was ¥2600 ($21.17) for an adult and ¥1600 ($13.03) for a child. In 2007 the Phoenix Resort K.K. said Tuesday it will close the world's largest indoor water park, a key facility of the firm's Seagaia resort complex in this southwestern Japan city, on Oct. 1. Ten years later the Seagaia Ocean dome was demolished in 2017, a year after the hotel had received major renovations which did not include the dome.

Panoramic view of the Seagaia Ocean Dome's interior

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References
  1. "Full Overview Seagia Ocean Dome". Flickr. Retrieved 5 December 2019.


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