ElPais.com in English: Madrid head mulls tax haven for casino deal (23/01/2012)
Sheldon's EuroVegas project, of 12 resorts with 36,000 rooms, six casinos, nine theaters and three golf courses would entail an investment of up to 18.8 billion euros through to 2022 and the creation of 261,000 jobs. But Sheldon in turn wants the land for the complex free, a very generous tax holiday and for the smoking ban in Spain to be waived at the development.
I wonder whether EuroVegas will end up like EuroDisney: in France and catering to American tourists for whom Europe = Paris and who want an American vacation in Europe, rather than in Spain and catering to Central Europeans. tens of millions of people stand to see their lives ruined because the bureaucrats at the ECB don't understand introductory economics -- Dean Baker
I find it so depressing.
On occasion, I mention that I've never been. They tend to look at me with golf balls and ask "WHY?". To which I ask why I should go. Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi
