To mitigate overcrowding, Gundam Factory Yokohama offers tickets for pre-purchase in batches, closing a day or time block out if and when ticket sales hit the attendance cap.
Yokohama may not have the only life-size Gundam statue out there, but it’s got the only one in the whole world that moves.
Then, as that date approached, Gundam Factory Yokohama was extended yet again, for another year.
The wording of Gundam Factory Yokohama’s closure statement implies that not only is Gundam leaving, but that the merch store, cafe, and museum will be closing too.