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MANCHESTER CITY BILLIONAIRES TO TURN EASTLANDS IN TO LAS VEGAS
"MANCHESTER City’s billionaire Arab owners want to turn the club’s Eastlands site into a £500million Las Vegas-style entertainment centre.
Sheikh Mansour is planning to buy the stadium from Manchester City Council and acquire more land around it.
He hopes the huge leisure facility will transform the area from a rundown suburb into a world-famous tourist attraction.
Top of his list is a theme park with rides to rival Disneyland. He also wants a casino, luxury hotels and shopping malls.
And the City of Manchester Stadium itself would become one of the biggest in the world, matching Real Madrid’s Bernabeu or Barcelona’s Nou Camp.
A source said: “ When Sheikh Mansour wants something doing then it is done. Money is absolutely no object at all. He will throw everything he has at it. Whatever is built will have to be the best. They know how to turn extraordinary dreams into reality.”
Some of the land had been earmarked for a super-casino before those plans were blocked by the Government.
ut the sheikhs think there will be no problem securing planning permission for their own scheme. The source added: “It would create thousands of jobs and be a massive boost for the economy.
“The brightest minds from the world of amusement rides will be brought in. Whether they build rollercoasters or water rides they will be the biggest, fastest and the best on the planet.”
The stadium cost £110million to build with £77million coming from Sport England and the rest from Manchester City Council."
"MANCHESTER City’s billionaire Arab owners want to turn the club’s Eastlands site into a £500million Las Vegas-style entertainment centre.
Sheikh Mansour is planning to buy the stadium from Manchester City Council and acquire more land around it.
He hopes the huge leisure facility will transform the area from a rundown suburb into a world-famous tourist attraction.
Top of his list is a theme park with rides to rival Disneyland. He also wants a casino, luxury hotels and shopping malls.
And the City of Manchester Stadium itself would become one of the biggest in the world, matching Real Madrid’s Bernabeu or Barcelona’s Nou Camp.
A source said: “ When Sheikh Mansour wants something doing then it is done. Money is absolutely no object at all. He will throw everything he has at it. Whatever is built will have to be the best. They know how to turn extraordinary dreams into reality.”
Some of the land had been earmarked for a super-casino before those plans were blocked by the Government.
ut the sheikhs think there will be no problem securing planning permission for their own scheme. The source added: “It would create thousands of jobs and be a massive boost for the economy.
“The brightest minds from the world of amusement rides will be brought in. Whether they build rollercoasters or water rides they will be the biggest, fastest and the best on the planet.”
The stadium cost £110million to build with £77million coming from Sport England and the rest from Manchester City Council."
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