Theme Park News Real Madrid theme park
Spanish football club Real Madrid and the Government of Ras al-Khaimah have announced plans to establish
a major new US$1bn (£632m, E756m) visitor attraction in the United Arab Emirates. Built under the Spanish
football club’s brand, the Real Madrid Resort Island complex and theme park is to boast the first sports stadium open to the sea and a Real Madrid museum. Luxury hotels, sporting facilities, a “sport port” and a residential scheme also form part of the project, which will become the first to be built under the Real Madrid trademark. Te 50-hectare (124-acre) development will
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Te resort will include a theme park and a range of other attractions
opens its gates, visitors will become part of the legend of this club, which strives to be eternal and universal. “Te world of sports and Real Madrid again
combine tourism and sports and is to launch in 2015. It will also enhance the club’s presence in the Middle Eastern and Asian regions. Real Madrid president Florentino Perez said: “When the Real Madrid Resort Island
prove to have no boundaries and that football is a fantastic tool with which to make cultures come together. “Real Madrid Resort Island will be a sports tourism complex of the highest level.”
‘Napoleonland’ planned for France
Yves Jégo, mayor of Montereau-Fault-Yonne in central France, has announced plans to build a historical theme park celebrating the life of for- mer French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The park would be located just outside Montereau, south east of Paris - the site of the
former French leader’s most famous victory against the Austrian army in 1814. Jégo said that the park would cost €200m
(£166m, US$259m) and will include a re-enact- ment battlefield, a museum, a hotel, restaurants, a retail park and a congress centre.
Politician lobbies for ‘Disneyland Philippines’
A Philippines congress- man, Carmelo Lazatin, has contacted Te Walt Disney Company with the view of securing a Disneyland theme park at a disused former US airbase in Clark Freeport Zone. In an open letter to Tomas Staggs, chair of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Lazatin emphasised the site’s suitability for a park due to its size and accessibility. He said: “The Clark
Disney currently has two parks in Asia and is building a third in Shanghai
Freeport Zone may inter- est you and Walt Disney as the next location for your famous Disneyland theme park, as it boasts of a 4,400 hectare main zone and 27,600-hectare subzone.” He added that the country’s increasing pop-
ularity among foreign visitors - and the fact that the Disney franchise and characters are
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very popular among Filipinos - made it and ideal location for a large theme park. Clark Freeport Zone is located close to the
cities of Angeles City and Magaland - around 60 miles north west of capital city Manila. Te land is owned and operated by Clark Development Corporation, a state-owned entity.
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