Real bosses consider Disneyland-style theme
park
MADRID — Real Madrid president Florentino Perez is considering
the creation of a Disneyland-style theme park dedicated to the
Spanish giants, according to press reports here on Friday.
The park, which Perez hopes will attract up to three million
visitors a year, would be situated near the club's training grounds
at Valdebebas, north-east of the capital, sports daily AS
reported.
The cost of undertaking such a project is estimated at 150
million euros (214 million dollars) with Real having already spent
100 million euros on their new Valdebebas training centre where
they plan to construct a new basketball centre.
Perez is reported to have contacted city officials in Beijing
and Miami to propose local offshots of the theme park devoted to
Real Madrid, which could prove popular with the club's fans in
China and the United States.
The Madrid club, whose estimated budget this year is expected to
top 415 million euros, have already splashed out 250 million euros
on new players. They sold their former training ground near the
city centre in 2001 for nearly 500 million euros.
AFP.
