Way to go Team!

Designed and Produced by White Hutchinson Leisure & Learning Group, Randy White
Architect: Finkle/Williams, David Williams
Acoustical Engineer: Thorburn Associates, Steve, Tyler and Katherina

Paradise Park in Kansas City, Missouri, the family entertainment and children's edutainment center wins the Golden Token Award as the best new/renovated family entertainment center by the International Association for the Leisure & Entertainment Industries (IALEI) at its annual FunExpo convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sept. 30, 2004. The award is given each year to recognize design excellence in the family entertainment center industry, which includes over 20,000 facilities worldwide.

Paradise Park is a 38,000-square-foot indoor and outdoor combination family entertainment center and children's edutainment center. The family entertainment portion opened in late November 2003 and the children's edutainment (play & discovery) center opened in February 2004. The edutainment center takes up about half the first floor and also includes a half-acre outdoor adventure play garden. The 2nd floor contains six birthday party rooms and a meeting room that is shared by both the edutainment and family entertainment centers.

Randy White who is CEO of Kansas City based White Hutchinson Leisure & Learning Group said, "We and the Ellis's, the owners of Paradise Park, are proud the project is receiving this recognition as the best new project in the industry. Over the years, many of our projects throughout the world have received recognition and awards, but it is especially gratifying when we are able to bring one to our own hometown."

Thorburn Associates, Inc was instrumental in mitigating the noise from the go-kart track at the adjacent residential lot line, as well as providing recommendations for sound isolation and room acoustics within the game rooms, birthday rooms and learning stations with in the park. More information can be found at http://www.whitehutchinson.com and http://www.paradise-park.com