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Le Puy du Fou is preparing a new show in Shanghai!
The show where you are the hero.
While studies are intensifying for the creation of a Puy du Fou park in China in the years to come, the Puy du Fou is innovating with a new concept of show called SAGA.
More than a show, SAGA SHANGHAI will embody a profound creative renewal for the Puy du Fou. This new artistic concept has been totally imagined to settle in the heart of the world's major metropolises. Unlike the "Puy du Fou" parks immersed in nature to travel through time for 2 or 3 days, SAGA is the promise of a total escape of more than 2 hours, designed for the pace of life in town centers. .
Inspired by Chinese history and legends, this ultra-immersive creation signed by the artistic team of Puy du Fou will immerse its visitors in the Shanghai of the 1930s. Carried away in a history offering multiple choices in its unfolding, visitors will have to choose their own path as they progress, thus becoming an actor of their own destiny. Each place and each moment crossed will be the theater of strong and spectacular emotions in the service of the story. This multiple choice scenario will allow a total of more than 26 possible adventures.
For this project, the “Everbright Convention & Exhibition Center”, near the Xujiahui district, will be totally transformed to give birth to the largest immersive experience in the world which will extend over more than 40,000 m2 with its show. , its themed restaurant and bars. Puy du Fou plans to create 500 direct jobs in China and France for the creation of SAGA SHANGHAI.
Two new Chinese partners to give birth to SAGA SHANGHAI.
For this ambitious project, the Puy du Fou has chosen to join forces with two major Chinese partners: CYTS (the tourism subsidiary of the Everbright Group) and Shanghai Xuhui Urban Renewal Investment Development Group (the investment company of the Xuhui district of the city of Shanghai). The signing of this agreement between these two partners and Puy du Fou enabled the creation of SAGA SHANGHAI, the investment of which amounts to 76 M €, or nearly 600,000,000 RMB.
Geoffroy Ladet and Ms. Anne Zhao, respectively general manager and vice-president of Puy du Fou Asia, Mr. Qiu Wen He, vice-president and general manager of the CYTS company, a subsidiary of the Everbright group, Mr. Zhou, director of Chengxin, company investment from the Xuhui district of the city of Shanghai, met on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, in Shanghai, to formalize their agreement around this ambitious project. The official signing took place at the Consulate of France, in the presence of HE the Ambassador of France in China Mr. Laurent Bili and of the Consul of France stationed in Shanghai Mr. Benoît Guidé.
Nicolas de Villiers, president of Puy du Fou, who could not be on site due to the health restrictions in force, declared: '' We are proud that our new concept "SAGA" is being set up as a world first in China. , in Shanghai, thanks to our Chinese partners. This is our first creation in this country, which calls for other projects on which we are actively working with our French and Chinese teams. This new ultra-immersive concept in the heart of the city illustrates our ambition: to innovate to offer the world new emotions. SAGA also aims to internationalize quickly. Discussions are already underway with several major cities around the world. ''
The success of this alliance is based on the complementarity of the skills of the three partner companies:
- Le Puy du Fou has become a world reference in the creation of shows, awarded each year for the excellence of its creations and which already totals more than 40 million spectators around the world.
- The CYTS company will bring its expertise in the knowledge of the Chinese leisure and tourism market.
- The Chengxin company, an investment company in the Xuhui district of Shanghai, has done everything possible to allow the creation, in world exclusivity, of this new concept in Shanghai.