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Giant OdySea aquarium coming to the Arizona desert in leisure development
A huge 200,000sq ft (18,580sq m) aquarium will open in late 2015 as part of a US$175m (€128m, £103m) entertainment complex in Arizona, US, with work to start in August of this year. To be part of the Odysea in
the Desert leisure complex, OdySea Aquarium will cover 16 acres and will sit over two floors, accommodating 15,000 visitors daily. Arizona-based Deutsch
Architecture Group is designing the aquarium, while McCarthy Building Companies will carry out construction work. When complete, Odysea in the Desert will become the largest entertainment
The aquarium will be a part of a larger leisure complex
complex in Arizona and will feature – in its next stage of development – a retail and restaurant complex, Imax Theater and a Ripley’s Believe It or Not museum. Odysea in the Desert’s owners are also in discus-
sions with an unnamed major international brand to open an inter- active family attraction, with further details set to be announced in the coming months.
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Qatar ramps up cultural and heritage spending to boost status, says report
According to recently released government figures, Qatar spent more than QR5bn (US$1.4bn, €1bn, £807m) on its cultural heritage in 2012 as the country strives to develop itself into a regional hub for aretefacts of historical importance. Of the expenditure,
around QR1bn (US$275m, €202m, £161m) was spent importing jewellery into the country, while another QR1.1bn was spent on importing “cultural goods”, though those purchases were not itemised in the government report. The 2012 figures –
released in the Ministry of Twitter: @AM2jobs
Qatar’s Museum of Islamic Art is its most visited museum
Municipality and Urban Planning (MMUP)’s Cultural Statistics Report 2014 – were more than triple the amount Qatar spent bringing in similar imported goods in 2009
(QR678m, US$186.2m, €136.7m, £109m). It noted that exhibitions
of jewellery and watches are popular in the Gulf region, hence the heavy spend. More:
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