James Murren, MGM's chief financial officer, decided MGM should partner with Soffer to build condominiums at the mothballed 18-acre amusement park at the MGM Grand hotel.

FORBES: On The Cover/Top Stories

In April about 700km (430 miles) to the south, Disney broke ground in Shanghai at the site of an amusement park that it says will feature the world's largest Disney castle.

ECONOMIST: China abroad

In order to ensure the message of his monuments is clearly absorbed, the government encourages ordinary Iraqis to spend time among them, locating an amusement park at the martyr's memorial and a theatre within the complex of the triumphal arches.

ECONOMIST: Monumental

The amusement rides at Kaeson Youth Park are all whirling neon and teenage screams.

BBC: On holiday in North Korea

The year is 1987, and a bunch of misfits who work at a dreary amusement park in Pittsburgh spend the summer grousing, toking up, and making out with each other.

NEWYORKER: Adventureland

At the very least, I hope that there is some game in the amusement park where you can actually fling birds at pigs.

FORBES: Angry Birds Land Opens For Business in Finland

" If it's better than a "playground, " we can only imagine it's an "amusement park" at the minimum, and we're hoping for "mind-blowing dreamscape.

ENGADGET: Tweeter jump-starts operations with new stores and concepts

In fact, if I had to list the top three places I hate in the world -- which I guess I don't, but I will -- the mall would fall right at No. 2, between any amusement park and La Guardia.

CNN: Apparently This Matters: The Hug Me Jacket

At the heart of the dispute with the football teams is an indoor water and amusement park that Triple Five has proposed in addition to the mall.

WSJ: Mall Plan Irks Jets, Giants