It's insane.
The article said the resort cost $1.5 billion ... which seems a little steep. Well, I guess there are 1,539 rooms. That's pretty big. And yeah, it's also on a freakin' artificial island. Land was probably a little pricey.
They also brought in 65,000 marine animals "from the Gulf and beyond" - meaning the whole dolphin trouble. I guess we never talked about that here - see last year these guys found some sketchball company in the South Pacific to go out and capture 28 wild dolphins and ship them to Dubai. Classy. It was all over the news here:
28 dolphins on way to Palm hotel
Dubai dolphins not mistreated, firm says
How Are The Dubai Dolphins?
Anyway, the article about the resort goes on to say that they have a 17-hectare water park, which would be impressive if I knew what a "hectare" was.
I assume it's big. And expensive.
Although rooms are only $454 a night, which isn't bad considering it took $1.5 billion to build. Let's see, estimating 90% capacity of 1,539 rooms, all paying $454 a night, it'd only take six and a half years to make $1.5 billion!
Well, they'll also need some cash to keep the dolphins happy ...
