Funderland at Dublin's RDS has been cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Promoters had hoped to stage a potentially year-saving event this Christmas.
Over 100 people are employed at the four annual Funderland events in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Belfast which have all been cancelled in 2020.
Director of Funderland, Don Bird, said:
“Funderland must continue to absorb the costs of maintaining attractions, certifying and insuring them, implementing new COVID procedures and plans, training staff and absorbing huge costs with no income and no prospect of reopening on the horizon."
"We had lived in the hope that we would stage a potentially year-saving event in Dublin this Christmas."
"Unfortunately, it is just not possible for Funderland to go ahead under the current circumstances."
“We are asking the Government not to neglect us and others in our industry as we anxiously await the development of a vaccine and the potential easing of restrictions that will permit us to entertain our customers as soon as it is safe to do so."
“We call on the Government to support our industry now, as it has supported other hospitality sectors, so that we may survive the catastrophic loss of income since last March and allow us to emerge into the New Year."
The company says it's not eligible for State aid under the current Covid supports, and restrictions are placing the event’s future viability under serious threat.
