Sport cars are not enough. Ferrari-branded goodies are expanding. After the sunglasses, perfumes, laptops, etc… Now it's taking on Disneyland with its own theme park. The doors will open in 2009 in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates.
A large slice of desert on the island of Yas will be reclaimed to host the park, which will include 24 attractions, including a 70-metre high G-Force Tower and what's claimed to be the world's first F1-branded twin rollercoaster ride, allowing races between carriages.
What else will be there? This is a massive scheme, including a motor racing circuit destined to host the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in 2009, posh hotels, apartments, villas, a golf course and marina, dozens of restaurants and shops… you get the idea.
The whole thing is going to cost around £300 million.
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They are the only people left (except the 1% of americans) left to afford a Ferrari.
looks interesting, but feels a little over the top. but hey, i guess thats what they were aiming for.
Wow.. interesting looking.. Those Italians are surely wanting to put their mark in Abu Dhabi.
Proud to b UAE2, the asians are not there because they love you, they are there because your KING (monarchies are against ISLAM) said they can be there. They do the work that lazy butts like you are too lazy and stupid to do. Tell me, do you know how to make you own bed? Do you know how to fix your own sink? Do you know how to wipe food from the floor? The asians should have a works stoppage all across Dubai, and then see what happens to your country. Will you be willing to do pick up where they left off? You racist. You people are FAR FROM ISLAM…
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Why is it that every development that comes up has to include hotels, shopping malls and all other usual bullshit.
The sport city in dubai is also same along with the Sports Grounds it is going to have hotel, malls etc etc.
We dont need so many god damn malls, and living places. The earnings stay the same and they build more hotels and shit who is going to stay there GHOSTS??
Theme park is nice go with the the idea but cut the crap about malls and shit. We already have gazillions of malls everywhere.
Try to do one thing proper rather then many things and none of them being good at what they are meant for..
It is interesting to know for Italian branded vehicle, the Ferrari theme park has to be in Abu Dhabi, but I may be able to understand this selection for this Ferrari-Branded ‘goodies’, since it IS aiming correctly on Abu Dhabi as one of the “a little over the top†market class.
It going to be amazing
http://www.abudhabiliving.net
fabulous idea , first seen it on formula one coverage of the race. makes me proud as an arab to see money well spent on a love of mine.
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