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Real Madrid Resort Island Al Marjan, UAE
Real Madrid and the Government of Ras al-Khaimah plan to establish a major new US$1bn (£624m, 766m) visitor attrac- tion on the artifi cial island of Al Marjan in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Built under the Spanish football club’s brand, the Real Madrid Resort Island com- plex and theme park will boast the fi rst sports stadium open to the sea. It will also incorporate a Real Madrid museum. Luxury hotels, sporting facilities, a ”sport port” and a residential scheme also form part of the project, the fi rst to be built under the Real Madrid trademark. The 50 hectare (124 acre) development will combine tourism and sport, and is to
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launch in 2015. It will also enhance the football club’s presence in the Middle Eastern and Asian regions. Real Madrid president Florentino Perez expects the Real Madrid Resort Island to embrace its visitors and thereby encour- age them to become part of the football club’s legend in order to expand its universal presence.
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The sports stadium’s wow factor is that it will be the first to open on to the sea
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St Croix stadium & sports complex St Croix, US Virgin Islands, USA
Denver, US-based developer Craft DeLay has secured the contract to project man- age a new US$55m (£34.3m, 42.1m)
sports complex development in the US Vir- gin Islands in the Caribbean.
The stadium and sports complex will be built on the site of the existing Paul E Joseph Stadium in Frederiksted, which will be demolished, on the island of St Croix. The new sports facility and resort will
provide a ’sanctioned’ venue for baseball, tennis, swimming and volleyball events, as well as a Festival Village park.
Heath DeLay, principal at Craft DeLay, said the scheme is to be delivered in phases, the fi rst of which will comprise the redevelopment of the stadium. The second stage of work will focus on the design and construction of the new com- plex, as well as the construction of an athletics village and two hotels.
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