Gateway Entertainment District, Cty of El Mirage, Arizona

The Phipps Conservatory- Guest Experience Audit

Riverhead Resorts - Concept Development, Program Management

The Coney Island Experience Museum





Gaeway Entertainment District, City of El Mirage, Arizona
LEDO developed a preliminary concept and completed a Market Analysis and Feasibility Study and Development Strategy for the City of El Mirage for a 200 acre re-development project at the gateway to the City.


This project is an innovative mix of leisure, entertainment, dining, shopping and hospitality components. It is a lifestyle, entertainment retail district, set in a festive, high quality, high energy environment that is geared to both residents and tourists.

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The Phipps Conservatory - Guest Experience Audit
LEDO was engaged by the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens to conduct an independent audit of its operation and to provide a set of recommendations intened to enhance the overall guest experience. Our work effort included an evaluation of the facilities, operating policies and procedures, staffing and training, as well as organization structure, functions and responsibilities.


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Riverhead Resorts ( www.riverheadresorts.com )
LEDO was contracted by Riverhead Resorts LLC to develop the concept and master plan for this 740 acres destination resort project in Riverhead, Long Island, New York. LEDO has also been contracted to be the program manger to guide and direct all development and pre-opening activities for the project, as well as to be the post-opening manager of the resort. Ownership has concluded a contract with the Town of Riverhead for purchase of the land, has completed its due diligence period and is currently beginning the entitlement process. Opening is scheduled for Spring 2013.

We have completed preliminary concept development, story development and a preliminary conceptual site plan to be submitted to begin the entitlement and environmental approval process.

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The Coney Island Experience Museum
LEDO was retained by Tower Entertainment Inc. of New York to complete a Site and Feasibility Validation Study of their preliminary business plan for a proposed Coney Island Experience Museum, to be located in Manhattan, New York. LEDO’s assignment was to review and evaluate the vision and concept, including the overall theme, components and entertainment program mix, as well as operating and capital costs and to both validate and confirm this concept and preliminary business plan, or to modify the ideas and direction, as necessary, to establish a sustainable operational and economic model for the project.

The Coney Island Experience Museum is planned to be an interactive “edutainment” attraction that uses Tower Entertainment Inc.’s over 4,000 artifacts of Coney Island’s history and heritage to engage and entertain visitors. A number of preferred site locations in the Midtown area of Manhattan had been identified. LEDOInternational visited and evaluated three sites.

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