Previous initiatives for that location broke. Such as an indoor shopping paradise, in the form of a Factory Outlet Center (FOC). After years of bouncing, the FOC was fired in 2018, for fear of competition for shopping centers in surrounding towns and villages. Also the IceWorld Drenthe project, a large ice cream and ski complex from Koenen Bouw, stranded. As well as the ambitious TT Speedworld, from several landowners.
