Paramount Announce New Theme Park for Murcia
September 10th, 2010
Paramount Pictures said today that it has reached a deal to open its first theme park in Europe, to be located in Spain, the world’s third most visited country, which will create thousands of jobs.
In a statement, Paramount Licensing said it “will not be an investor in the project but will licence intellectual property from its vast library of films and provide conceptual master planning and design for the project.”
The park will be located at an undisclosed property in Murcia, in the southern eastern region of Spain, on the Mediterranean coast, on a yet to be announced date, it added.
“More details about the project will be announced in the next few months,” the statement said. Paramount Pictures is a unit of US-based media conglomerate Viacom Inc.
Rival US media conglomerate Time Warner already runs a theme park in Spain which opened in 2002, the Warner Bros Park, situated in the town of San Martin de la Vega, just south of Madrid.
Spanish newspapers are estimating that Paramount’s planned theme park in Murcia will create around 20,000 jobs and will attract nearly three million visitors each year.
Brilliant , the cilmate is so good we have 32 sunny days a year ( I know Disneyland Paris is good but the weather is bit hit & miss ) Also having lived in the area for many years I can tell you that the prices are so much cheaper in the COSTA CALIDA than most of Spain , also the scenery & the beaches around our lovely countryside are superb ,. If you come to the Costa Calida enjoy the experience .