Stoke City have revealed plans to build a $1bn holiday resort in the United Arab Emirates that is due to open in September 2014.
Stoke City Resort Island will be supported by the government of the UAE. A presentation at the Britannia Stadium showed plans for sports facilities, a marina, luxury hotels, villas, an amusement park, a club museum, a futuristic 10,000-seat stadium with one side open to the sea and a giant statue of Peter Crouch.
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| The planned Stoke City Resort Island |
"It is a decisive and strategic step that will strengthen our institution in the Middle East and Asia," said Stoke City spokesman Dave Box. "Stoke City Resort Island will be a major tourist and sporting centre of great dimensions and the highest level. This extraordinary complex will attract millions of people looking for quality leisure services."
The 440,000 square metre facility is expected to attract around one million visitors in 2015. Stoke City have said the artificial island's location put it equidistant between Europe and the far east, adding that more than half of the world's Premier League followers were based in Asia.
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