Legoland California has received permission from the City of Carlsbad Planning Commission to build the first Legoland Hotel in the US. However, the owners of Legoland still need permission from Carlsbad City Council and the California Coastal Commission to build the new hotel. This is not the first Legoland Hotel in the world, as there is currently one at Legoland Billund in Denmark. The hotel in Denmark was built in 1991 and has 176 rooms. The new hotel will be built on the carpark next to the entrance to Legoland and aims to turn the park into more than just a one-day attraction. The first phase of construction will contain 175 rooms, a 14,383-square-foot restaurant, 11,051-square-foot retail space, a 6,364-square-foot bar/lounge, an outdoor pool and a water play area. I can’t wait!!
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New Legoland hotel!
January 23rd, 2009New city for Dubai
June 23rd, 2008His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai, and vice president and prime minister of the UAE has just unveiled plans for a new super city which he is planning on building in the Dubai desert. The new city will be over 800 million square feet in size with new houses, civic buildings and tourist landmarks. The Mohammed Bin Rashid Gardens will cost over US$60 billion to build and work will be starting shortly. Although I’m that when it opens, thousands of people will flock there to have a look at its decadence, is the project actually feasible? My concern is that they are building the new city in the desert and we all know that there is a serious lack of water in the desert. So, where is the water going to come from? And how environmentally friendly is a new city anyway? And how will the new city affect the old ones? There are too many unanswered questions about this project for me to get too excited about visiting it!
New resort in Egypt
February 19th, 2008An Egyptian billionaire named Ibrahim Kamel is planning on building a new $500 million resort near the World War II battlefield of Al-Alamein. There will be 4,000 hotel rooms, a mall, entertainment complex and a golf course. It is planned to rival the other big Red Sea resort in Egypt and should be completed in 5 years time. In an interview with Bloomberg, Mr. Kamel said “we will soon have the capacity to attract up to 50 million tourists a year”. Maybe it’s just me, but from what I have read this sounds like the large-scale developments in Spain all over again. Also, what will the cost be to the environment in the area? I personally don’t think that Egypt needs anymore resorts, but who am I to stand up against a billionaire!
