FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE AT PONDICHERRY - THESIS PROJECT

A Family Entertainment Centre, often abbreviated FEC in the entertainment industry, is a small amusement park marketed towards families with small children to teenagers, and often entirely indoors or associated with a larger operation such as a theme park. They usually cater to "sub regional markets of larger metropolitan areas."

FECs are generally small compared to full-scale amusement parks, with fewer attractions, a lower per-person per-hour cost to consumers than a traditional amusement park, and not usually major tourist attractions, but sustained by an area customer base. Many are locally owned and operated, although there are a number of chains and franchises in the field. FECs are sometimes called family amusement centres, play zones, family fun centers, or simply fun centers.

The Family Entertainment Centre will include a restaurant, movie screens, shopping mall, play area for children, gaming complex, senior citizen park, laser show complex, resort and a watchtower for a view of the sea, among other facilities. It is being touted as one of the major tourist attractions in Puducherry in the near future.