The Art Institute of Dallas will host the Los Angeles area search for Legoland® California’s hunt for the next member of the theme park’s prestigious Model Builder team. In a seven-city tour spanning the country, LEGOLAND is putting thousands of adults up to the challenge. The Art Institutes, a system of 32 education institutions across North America, will be the official host location in each city.

What:
The search for the dream job of a lifetime is coming to Dallas! The elite LEGOLAND® California Model Builder team is looking for its newest member! In a seven-city tour spanning the country, LEGOLAND is leaving no brick unturned as they search for a new Model Builder for the popular Carlsbad family theme park. The current team of Park Model Builders design, build and maintain the more than 15,000 LEGO models that make LEGOLAND California a one-of-a-kind vacation destination. Candidates applying for this dream job are given a 10-pound bucket full of assorted LEGO play materials and have one hour to create a model on the requested theme. Application available at www.legolandmodelbuilder.com.

Park representatives are searching for the sixth member of the talented group of people who get paid to play! Media is invited to participate in the model-building challenge by attending Model Builder University the hour prior to the competition and have their creations judged by professionals. Park representatives will interview hundreds of candidates, who are encouraged to pre-register on the tour Web site: www.LEGOLANDModelBuilder.com.

When:
Monday, April 10, 2006
Competition runs from 4:00pm - 7:00pm

Where:
The Art Institute of Dallas
8080 Park Lane, Suite 100
Dallas, TX 75231

DETAILS:
Qualified applicants will be judged on an on-the-spot model building competition. Each candidate fills up a 10-pound bin with the LEGO® elements of their choice to create a three-dimensional LEGO model in just one hour. Model Builder hopefuls must exhibit creativity, strategy and calmness under pressure. Past winners will be on hand for interviews. Past winners have appeared on CNN, The Jimmy Kimmel Show, The Today Show, MSNBC and ESPN2. From Dallas, the official LEGOLAND Model Builder Search heads to Chicago on May 2. Finalists from each city will travel to LEGOLAND, May 23, 2006 to compete head to head in the ultimate competition – and the chance for the coveted spot as the sixth LEGOLAND Model Builder.

LEGOLAND CONTACT: LEGOLAND California:
Julie Estrada — (760) 918-5377; julie.estrada@LEGOLAND.com

The Art Institute of Dallas contact:
LaTonyie Jarrett-Taylor — (214) 692-8080 ext. 1249; LLTaylor@aii.edu

LEGOLAND® California is a 128-acre interactive theme park dedicated to families with children between the ages of two and 12. Just like with LEGO® play materials, kids are the ones who create the action at the Park. They drive, pedal, squirt, climb, jump, stomp, slide, steer, pull, click, push, gallop, laugh, build and program their way through more than 50 rides, shows and attractions. There are three other LEGOLAND Parks in the world – LEGOLAND Billund in Denmark, LEGOLAND Windsor outside of London and LEGOLAND Deutschland near Günzburg, Germany. The LEGOLAND theme parks are a part of Merlin Entertainments Group. For the most current information, log on to www.LEGOLAND.com or call (760) 918-LEGO.

The Art Institutes system of 32 education institutions located throughout North America, provides an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary arts professionals. For more information visit The Art Institutes website at www.artinstitutes.edu/legoland.