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Dubai is building theme parks like Vegas was building condos a few years ago.  Lets hope they dont have the same outcome.  (more…)

I’ve added a page for Dubai. Yeah, there’s no casinos and theyre not getting any, but read the page, check out the links, and you’ll see why I added it and you’ll be begging for more. After scanning my page and links, jump to these two recent articles .

Dubailand – from vision to reality : “On then to the City of Arabia, already famed for its dinosaur park – whose animatronic occupants are being hatched in Japan – and to hear about the 10 million square foot Mall of Arabia. That is not a misprint, this will be the largest shopping mall in the world with more than 1,000 retail units, and half of it will be open in 2010.”

Hollywood hopes theme parks, superheroes fly in Middle East : “In recent months, eight major licensing deals have been struck between oil-rich investors and entertainment giants such as Viacom Inc.’s Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment Inc. for theme parks and other attractions.”