Kids Excited To Be Part Of LEGOLAND Groundbreaking At Plymouth Meeting Mall
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. (CBS) -- It was "Play Time" this morning at the Plymouth Meeting Mall for a groundbreaking ceremony involving 50,000 Lego bricks.
Seven-year-old Patrick couldn't wait for this day to come.
"I'm so excited. When I heard I got this field trip I was like, 'Ahhh!'"
Patrick and first grade classmates at Plymouth Elementary put on hard hats and played with tens of thousands of Legos, dumped for the ceremony.
So many #legos @KYWNewsradio pic.twitter.com/DqWvEJjaFB
— Tim Jimenez (@TimJRadio) October 25, 2016
Set to open in spring 2017, it's the first LEGOLAND Discovery Center in Pennsylvania and will include a themed-ride, a 4D theater and Philly landmarks made of Legos.
Joe Coradino, CEO of mall owner PREIT, says this new destination is a big magnet.
#Legoland groundbreaking at @PlyMtgMall @KYWNewsradio pic.twitter.com/qfjAe5sfvp
— Tim Jimenez (@TimJRadio) October 25, 2016
"This is really the top of the mark, if you will. There's a million kids within a 60 minute drive of here."
And that includes Patrick who already has big ideas.
"Imagining a whole new Lego world like in another dimension."
