SuperPark is an indoor game park operator. It was founded by Taneli Sutinen in Vuokatti, Finland in 2012. It launched its first park outside Finland in Hong Kong in 2017.[1][2][3] Since then, it has launched parks in Singapore, Kuwait, and Malaysia among others.[4] It was acquired by private equity firms Sentica Partners and Tesi in 2018.[5]

SuperPark Oulu in 2014

In 2018, SuperPark was a subject of a National Institutes of Health study that aimed to look at the benefits of visiting an indoor activity park for 7 to 12 year olds. It was found that "visiting SuperPark has the potential to improve health".[6]

International presence

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SuperPark began operations in Singapore's Suntec City mall in 2018. It shut down in 2020. This was largely due to SuperPark's holding company in Asia, SuperPark Asia Group, going under interim judicial management with $18 million in liabilities.[7] In 2023, The Business Times reported that DreamUs will take over the park.[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Who we are". SuperPark United.
  2. ^ "New 40,000 sq ft indoor activity park to open in November". TODAY.
  3. ^ "New partners to support SuperPark's international growth". Pääomasijoittajat. 24 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Countries". SuperPark United.
  5. ^ "New forces to boost SuperPark's growth - Sentica and Tesi acquire SuperPark". tesi.fi. 27 April 2018.
  6. ^ Pesola, Arto J.; Melin, Martti; Vanhala, Anssi; Gao, Ying; Finni, Taija (2018-08-01). "Does SuperPark Make Children Less Sedentary? How Visiting a Commercial Indoor Activity Park Affects 7 to 12 Years Old Children's Daily Sitting and Physical Activity Time". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 15 (8): 1595. doi:10.3390/ijerph15081595. PMC 6121385. PMID 30060487.
  7. ^ Yeo, Stephanie (12 October 2020). "Indoor playground SuperPark Singapore has closed down". The Straits Times.
  8. ^ "Troubled SuperPark Singapore to reopen at Suntec under new management". businesstimes.com.sg. April 2021.