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Apparently at least two or three municipalities in the Madrid periphery, as well as one in Barcelona, are vying for this project.

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

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 26th, 2012 at 02:23:13 PM EST
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So many times I hear foreigners saying that they are going to Paris, I ask what they are going to do and it's pretty much EuroDisney, and that's it.

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

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Thu Jan 26th, 2012 at 03:10:30 PM EST
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Ssh! If he hears of it, Sarko still has time to clinch the deal before the elections.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Jan 26th, 2012 at 03:21:00 PM EST
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