The Enterprise Building [1] ( simplified Chinese: 企业号; traditional Chinese: 企業號; pinyin: Qǐyè Hào; lit. 'The Enterprise') is the headquarters of the Chinese game developer company, NetDragon Websoft. [2] It is located in the Chinese coastal city of Changle, a suburb of Fuzhou in Fujian province. [3] The building resembles Star Trek's Starship Enterprise — specifically, the Enterprise-E featured in several Star Trek films. [2]
It was sponsored by NetDragon Websoft’s founder Liu Dejian (刘德建), a Chinese millionaire and a fan of the Star Trek show. [3] [4] [5] [6] It was constructed with permission from the show copyright holders and is described as "the only licensed Star Trek building in the world". [3] [2] The construction begun in October 2010 and concluded in May 2014. [7]
The building is 853 feet (260 m) long, 328 feet (100 m) wide, and cost 600 million yuan (about $97 million c. 2015) to build. [8] [9] It has six floors. [10] The complex also features a football field, four tennis courts, a swimming pool, horseback riding area, VR experience center and a railway. [2] It also has Star Trek-style sliding doors, as well as parts inspired by the Hui Style architecture. [2]
The building also hosts a life-size replica of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton modelled after the " Stan". [7]
The Enterprise Building [1] ( simplified Chinese: 企业号; traditional Chinese: 企業號; pinyin: Qǐyè Hào; lit. 'The Enterprise') is the headquarters of the Chinese game developer company, NetDragon Websoft. [2] It is located in the Chinese coastal city of Changle, a suburb of Fuzhou in Fujian province. [3] The building resembles Star Trek's Starship Enterprise — specifically, the Enterprise-E featured in several Star Trek films. [2]
It was sponsored by NetDragon Websoft’s founder Liu Dejian (刘德建), a Chinese millionaire and a fan of the Star Trek show. [3] [4] [5] [6] It was constructed with permission from the show copyright holders and is described as "the only licensed Star Trek building in the world". [3] [2] The construction begun in October 2010 and concluded in May 2014. [7]
The building is 853 feet (260 m) long, 328 feet (100 m) wide, and cost 600 million yuan (about $97 million c. 2015) to build. [8] [9] It has six floors. [10] The complex also features a football field, four tennis courts, a swimming pool, horseback riding area, VR experience center and a railway. [2] It also has Star Trek-style sliding doors, as well as parts inspired by the Hui Style architecture. [2]
The building also hosts a life-size replica of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton modelled after the " Stan". [7]