Grand Central Terminal And Tarrytown's Lyndhurst Estate Chosen By Fans On Facebook As Their Favorite Area Landmarks, Making Them The First Locations That Will Be Immortalized In LEGO® Bricks At LEGOLAND® Discovery Center Westchester's MINILAND® Exhibit

YONKERS, N.Y., Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LEGOLAND® Discovery Center Westchester today announced that Grand Central Terminal, the iconic New York transit hub and world's longest train station; and the historic Lyndhurst estate in Tarrytown, NY, were selected by metro area fans as their favorite landmarks in the region and chosen as the first inductees to be immortalized in LEGO® bricks at the attraction's MINILAND® exhibit.

Over the last week and a half, via Facebook, LEGOLAND Discovery Center Westchester has asked metro area residents to vote on which of their favorite Westchester and New York City landmarks should be built out of LEGO bricks.  Overall votes for the ten locations were close, however, in the end both Grand Central Terminal and Lyndhurst tied to come out on top.  As the first area landmarks to be officially included in LEGOLAND Discovery Center Westchester's MINILAND, the two locations, as well as other well-known metropolitan area buildings and landmarks will be created in LEGO bricks by a team of expert LEGO model builders.  Once finalized, MINILAND will be on display inside the attraction when it opens on March 29, 2012.

"Congratulations to Grand Central Terminal and Lyndhurst for being selected as the first inductees to MINILAND," said Chris Mines, General Manager of LEGOLAND Discovery Center Westchester.  "We never thought we would have a tie, but the community has spoken and it has been great to see their enthusiasm and participation in helping shape LEGOLAND Discovery Center Westchester's MINILAND to make it their own.  LEGOLAND Discovery Center is all about fun and creativity, and we know guests will enjoy seeing Grand Central Terminal, Lyndhurst and all of the other eye-catching area landmarks that will be in MINILAND when we open next March."

The local buildings and landmarks included in the vote were: the Statue of Liberty, Yankee Stadium,  Washington Irving's Sunnyside, the George Washington Bridge, Rockefeller Plaza, Grand Central Terminal, Lyndhurst, the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building and Citi Field.

LEGOLAND Discovery Center Westchester is a $12 million, 32,300 square-foot indoor attraction featuring more than 3 million LEGO bricks, geared towards children ages 3-10 and their families.  Its range of interactive attractions will include hands-on play areas, a 4D cinema, master classes led by Master Model Builders, two LEGO rides, special party rooms and MINILAND — the venue's signature re-creation of landmark locations and buildings throughout Westchester County and New York City, made entirely out of LEGO bricks.  Advance tickets and annual passes to LEGOLAND Discovery Center Westchester are available online.  To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.legolanddiscoverycenter.com/westchester.  Follow us at www.facebook.com/LDCWestchester and www.twitter.com/LDCWestchester.  LEGOLAND Discovery Center is part of the Merlin Entertainments Group.

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