I hope this goes ahead, the fact that it will be built with investment money is a worrying though...........
http://www.madridpress.com/noticia/108835/%C2%A0/paramount-pictures-instalar%C3%A1-murcia-primer-parque-tem%C3%A1tico-europa.html
The U.S. multinational Paramount Pictures has reached an agreement with the Government of the Murcia Region to install its first theme park in Europe, according to company sources confirmed and the region.
At the moment, has not transcended the place to be to locate the park, and deadlines that are envisaged for its construction and has not been revealed whether the site will have studios, which are details that will be announced in a future visit by the officers of the company to the region for talks with President of Murcia, Ramón Luis Valcárcel.
So he did know the regional government spokesman, Pedro María Reverte, in the press conference following the Governing Council, where he confirmed that the Region of Murcia has been selected by Paramount in order to become the headquarters of a "pioneering and innovative "as far as recreational facilities are concerned," far from traditional formulas already tried in other places. "
The agreement states that Paramount Pictures will give up his name and the intellectual property of its "enormous" repertoire of films. It will provide planning and design of park services, but will not invest in infrastructure, since the money will be provided by private capital, the company said in a statement.
Reverte said that the Autonomous Community of Murcia, in principle, not participate in public financing in the project, and stressed that, indeed, it is a private investment initiative which will involve, among others, the company's Santa Monica Sports, of the businessman who is president Jesus Samper, president turn the club Real Murcia and New Condomina promoter complex in Murcia.
Specifically, the company said the money will be provided by the company Santa Monica Financial Services, SA Reverte and appreciated the importance of an investor for a project of this magnitude "regardless of who is involved" because "all investors to bring forward this project are welcomed by the regional government."
The government spokesman announced that, in the near future, the heads of Paramount Licensing (PLI)-which is the department responsible for developing multi-theme parks, visit the Region of Murcia to define and plan the following work leading to the preparation of master plan of action and implementation of this initiative, and begin realizing their defining elements.
OBJECTIVE OF THE INITIATIVE
The objective pursued with this private initiative, according Reverte, is to place the region of Murcia as "one of the leading exponents of the leisure industry in the European context, in what amounts to a firm and ambitious for one of the lines of economic development with greater future. "
The president of Paramount Licensing, Michael Corcoran, said the company believes that Murcia is a great opportunity to bring a 'Paramount Movie Park' to Europe "and announced that the multinational" continues to work with the regional government of Murcia and Santa Monica Financial Services to develop this exciting project. "
In this sense, the executive vice president, Michael Bartok, considered that the tourism infrastructure offered by the Region of Murcia "and the great support from the regional government provides the ideal conditions to bring entertainment to the Spanish and a growing number of visitors from all the world. "
The Minister qualified that the selection of the Autonomous Region by Paramount Licensing should be understood as the result of the assessment from the outset, this project received a 'government action', which has allowed work to the ministries of Culture and Tourism and Universities, Business and Research in an "intense and relentless, and generating confidence" to achieve the first objectives.
Reverte noted that rigor, agility and vision that have characterized the participation of regional government in this first phase "have been decisive factors in strengthening the position of the Region of Murcia as first and only current option in Europe Paramount Licensing. "
In addition, Reverte noted that this project has "lots of possibilities for creating employment and economic development" and will represent a milestone in the XXI century, as well as a shock to the productive multi Region for positive synergies its value, and dissemination will create for all companies in Murcia. "
The Minister of Culture and Tourism, Pedro Alberto Cruz, said that "the regional government has understood, in an exercise in realism and in advance at the same time, one way that presents more opportunities for creating employment and economic development is the commitment to the most advanced entertainment media as a way also to boost outstandingly a sector such as tourism, destined to become the economic engine of this region. "
For his part, Minister for Universities and Research Company, Salvador Marin, said that "this major private investment project would be a milestone century and, therefore, a shock multisectoral the productive fabric of the region by the positive synergies of enhancement and dissemination of our businesses nationally and internationally "
THANKS FOR THE CONFIDENTIALITY
Last February, regional media reported that the U.S. company would build a theme park in the region, which was denied by the company saying he had "no plans or commitment to develop a research park Paramount studies of production services in Spanish territory "or the Region of Murcia.
Now the company has confirmed the news and has confirmed that the park "itself is approved." It recalled that, at the time, when the first reports were published, "they wanted to exploit the boom they had and was still negotiating," so said the company "was not authorized to reveal that this situation was , even, because he had not signed anything. "
In this regard, thanked Reverte "expressly" confidentiality requested that the regional government on this issue until the announcement has been made. "