WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — Legoland Florida plans to put off 234 staff, primarily performers, in an effort to be extra aggressive in central Florida’s thriving theme park market, firm officers stated.
The theme park resort in Winter Haven, Florida, stated in a discover to the state of Florida final Friday that the everlasting layoffs would begin on the finish of March and final by the start of April.
Three quarters of the employees cited for layoffs had been performers, and one other fifth additionally was concerned within the leisure facet of the theme park, in keeping with the discover.
The theme park resort, whose staff are nonunion, has about 1,500 workers.
The theme park resort is owned by Merlin Leisure. A Merlin spokeswoman did not reply to an e mail inquiry on Wednesday. Julia Estrada, the corporate’s public relations director for North America, stated in an announcement to different media retailers that the change would permit it to function extra flexibly in a aggressive market.
“We are going to proceed to have a core in-house leisure providing, which we are going to scale as much as meet our model and visitor experiences throughout the 12 months,” Estrada stated.
Apart from the Lego-themed park, the resort has a Peppa Pig-themed park, a water park and a soon-to-open aquarium.
Winter Haven is situated between Tampa, house to Bush Gardens Tampa Bay, and Orlando, house to Walt Disney World, Common Orlando Resort and SeaWorld Orlando.