Nickelodeon Universe
Nickelodeon Universe
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| Location | Bloomington, Minnesota, United States |
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| Coordinates | 44°51′15″N 93°14′32″W / 44.85417°N 93.24222°WCoordinates: 44°51′15″N 93°14′32″W / 44.85417°N 93.24222°W |
| Owner | Triple Five Group (under license from Viacom) |
| Opened | Camp Snoopy – August 11, 1992 Nickelodeon Universe – March 15, 2008 |
| Previous names | Knott's Camp Snoopy (1992–2005) Camp Snoopy (2005–2006) The Park at MOA (2006–2008) |
| Operating season | Indoors, open all year |
| Area | 7 acres (28,000 m2) |
| Rides | |
| Total | 27+ |
| Roller coasters | 5 |
| Water rides | 1 |
| Website | Official Website |
Nickelodeon Universe (originally Knott's Camp Snoopy, later known as The Park at MOA) is the seven-acre (28,000 m²) indoor amusement park in the center of the Mall of America (MOA), in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA.
On August 18, 2009, Nickelodeon and Southern Star Amusement announced that the second Nickelodeon Universe would be in New Orleans, Louisiana and tentatively would open around the end of 2010. It was set to be the first outdoor Nickelodeon Universe theme park, but on November 9, 2009, Nickelodeon announced that it had ended the licensing agreement with Southern Star Amusements.
The amusement park is owned and operated by The Triple 5 Group (under license from Viacom), which is the owner of Mall of America, Inc. Triple 5 Group also owns West Edmonton Mall, which also has an amusement park in the mall called Galaxyland.
Nickelodeon Universe is primarily lit by a glass ceiling, which is also the source of most of the heat for Mall of America. It was originally built by the then-owners of Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. The floor has a wide variance in height – the highest ground level in the park is 15 feet (4.6 m) above the lowest. This allows for a far more naturalistic experience than would normally be found in an indoor amusement park.
The park has four small roller coasters, but mainly has flat rides due to space constraints. Near the SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge roller coaster is the site of home plate for Metropolitan Stadium, which was previously located on the site of the Mall.
The park was originally known as Knott's Camp Snoopy, and later, simply Camp Snoopy, and was themed around the Charles M. Schulz "Peanuts" comic strip characters. Camp Snoopy themed areas are still located at Cedar Point and Knott's Berry Farm, also owned by Cedar Fair.
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