Wannado City was an indoor role-playing amusement center at the Sawgrass Mills Mall in Sunrise, Florida, a suburb of Fort Lauderdale. It was a property of Grupo CIE. Billed as "where kids can do what they wanna do," it was a child-sized representation of a metropolis where children aged 2-14 could participate in different careers and other lifelike activities. The concept of the theme park was taken from the KidZania concept, which was brought by Luis Javier Laresgoti five years after the KidZania concept was taken in 1996. However, Kidzania and Wannado City lost ownership interests in 2004, and when Wannado City opened, both parties went separate ways.
Careers in which the "kidizens" could participate include firefighter, police officer, lawyer, TV reporter, and singer. They could also use issued money, "Wongas", to set up bank accounts.
Wannado City closed on January 2, 2011, due to financial problems.
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