Well, the parks website has received a new look. Not a whole lot of news though, but opening date is now listed as 2019 or 2020 (the English text on the site has not been updated yet and still says 2018). Also the official name of the park is Thor's Rike, which means Thor's Kingdom.
Thors Rike - Thor's Rike
Welcome to Thor’s Rike, the largest theme park in Norway. Here you’ll find everything from thrilling rollercoasters to the experience of authentic viking raids. The park is designed by ITEC Entertainment Group, and is planned to be open by the spring of 2019 or 2020.
The latest news is a link to a recent interview with the project manager.
Vikingland vil gi milliardinntekter - Haugaland Vekst
We are not building a playground. We are building a destination. “Thor´s Rike” wants to stop the thousands of credit cards travelling through our region to Stavanger and Bergen, and give them a reason to stay.
The rest of the article is in Norwegian only, but I can give a quick summary:
- Construction Step 1 will cost around 500 million NOK, 200 of these will be equity. They have 50 million NOK in place, and in the beginning of 2017 they will continue the work to aquire another 100 million. They will also sell land for the same amount to propery developers.
- All calculations confirms that the project will be profitable.
- They have been in contact with Disney and Universal regarding the design and construction of the park.