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Dubai (Las Vegas on Steroids)
The Palm Islands in Dubai. New Dutch dredging technology
was used to create these massive man made islands. They
are the largest artificial islands in the world and can
be seen from space. Three of these Palms will be made
with the last one being the largest of them all.
Upon completion, the resort will have 2,000
villas, 40 luxury hotels, shopping centers,
movie theaters, and many other facilities. It is
expected to support a population of
approximately 500,000 people. It is advertised
as being visible from the moon.
The World Islands. 300 artificially created islands in
the shape of the world. Each island will have an
estimated cost of $25-30 million.
Hydropolis, the world's first underwater hotel. Entirely
built in Germany and then assembled in Dubai, it is
scheduled to be completed by 2009 after many delays.
Dubailand. Currently, the largest amusement park
collection in the world is Walt Disney World Resort in
Orlando, which is also the largest single-site employer
in the United states with 58,000 employees. Dubailand
will be twice that size.
Dubailand will be built on 3 billion square feet
(107 miles^2) at an estimated $20 billion price
tag. The site will include a purported 45 mega
projects and 200 hundred other smaller projects.
Dubai Sports City. A huge collection of sports
arenas located in Dubailand.
Currently, the Walt Disney World Resort is the
#1 tourist destination in the world. Once fully
completed, Dubailand will easily take over that
title since it is expected to attract 200,000
visitors daily.
The Dubai Marina is an entirely man made
development that will contain over 200 high rise
buildings when finished. It will be home to some
of the tallest residential structures in the
world. The completed first phase of the project
is shown. Most of the other high rise buildings
will be finished by 2009-2010.
The Dubai Mall will be the largest shopping mall in the
world with over 9 million square feet of shopping and
around 1000 stores. It will be completed in 2008.
Some of the tallest buildings in the world, such
as Ocean Heights and The Princess Tower, which
will be the largest residential building in the
world at over a 100 stories, will line the Dubai
Marina.
(The UAE Spaceport would be the first spaceport
in the world if construction ever gets under
way. I'm not joking...)
Ski Dubai, which is already open, is the largest indoor
skiing facility in the world. This is a rendered image
of another future indoor skiing facility that is being
planned.
Video on part of the construction is here..
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