Las Vegas coming to Spain
January 6, 2008
Aragon’s regional government has signed a prelimniary agreement to launch Europe’s largest casino complex. Similar to
Las Vegas in the United States, this project will be in the “desert” of Los Monegros, a region east of Zaragoza. The new project will be called Gran Scala and is expected to be ready for action by 2015.
Spanish media reported that it would be the second-largest casino complex in the world after Las Vegas, also known as “Sin City” and “The Entertainment Capital of the World.” The agreement has been reached with an consortium of foreign firms called the International Leisure Development. As they put it on their website: “Gran Scala will be a leisure city in the heart of Spain that will be a historical journey thru Time, Civilization & Cultures.”.
Gran Scala will include 70 hotels, 32 casinos, and five different theme parks. And that is not all, the developers have plans to include museums, conference centres, a golf course, horse racing and concert halls. The project will stretch for 4.5 km² in each direction. The clock at the heart of the project will carry the heartbeat – the journey thru time. It will articulate 16 historical eras. Each historical period will be composed of two museums dedicated to the period, 2 complexes which will include a hotel and casino representing the historical theme for an impressive grand total of 32 casinos.
The facts:
- costs of 17 billion euros over 10 years
- 300,000 new jobs
- an estimated 25 million tourists per year
- largest project of this style in Europe
(C) Photos: mandj98 & Wikipedia
Written by Greg · Filed Under Entertainment
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