Wannado City
role-playing amusement center in Florida
Wannado City was an indoor role-playing amusement center located at the Sawgrass Mills in Sunrise, Florida near Fort Lauderdale. Slogan as " Where kids can do what they wanna' do", it was a kid sized city where children 2 to 14 years old can participate in careers. It was created by Luis Javier Laresgoiti, who he opened a similar park in Mexico City named "La Ciudad de los Niños" (now KidZania) which opened 5 years before Wannado City opened. It was opened in spring of 2004. Wannado City had a lot of career options that you could've choose of, like Publix, State Farm, etc. Wannado City unfortunately closed in January 2011 due to financial problems.