Star Trek Attraction To Be Part Of 2014 Red Sea Resort In Jordan
May 21, 2011 by Anthony Pascale

The area of Star Trek attractions continues to heat up. Today a new attraction themed around the 2009 Star Trek movie was announced as part of a larger Red Sea resort development in Jordan. Details below.



Star Trek Attraction Coming To Jordan Resort In 2014

Last month TrekMovie reported that a Star Trek attraction will be included in a planned Paramount Pictures theme park in Murcia, Spain. Now comes news that another international park is to include a Star Trek attraction, this time in Jordan. The Rubicon Group announced today they had signed a deal with CBS to include a Star Trek themed center as part of The Red Sea Astrarium (TSRA), a $1 Billion themed entertainment resort located in Aqaba, Jordan.

The Red Sea Astrarium will offer "immersive entertainment experiences" along with five-star accommodations, theatrical productions, nighttime spectacles and dining and shopping. The plan calls for various sections of the resort to be themed different parts of history of the surrounding area including Nabatean, Babylonian, British and Roman influences.

The Star Trek section is to symbolize future history and is said to be "inspired by" the 2009 Star Trek movie and will be designed by Paramount Recreation. The press release details the Star Trek ce[The Star Trek-themed center] will deliver a variety of multi-sensory 23rd-century experiences, culminating with a state-of-the art space-flight adventure that takes real-time immersive entertainment experiences to bold new heights. This exciting, world-class attraction will serve as the cornerstone of the TRSA sector’s world of tomorrow.

In the release, EVP and General Manager of CBS Consumer Products Liz Kalodner stated:

At its core, Star Trek is about bringing worlds together and about a profound hope for the future. We are proud to bring such a unique, interactive Star Trek property to this part of the world to be a part of Jordan’s future.

TrekMovie has confirmed with Rubicon that financing for the project has already been secured and they are confident in opening by 2014. This means that the Star Trek attraction at The Red Sea Astrarium would be the first Star Trek attraction built outside the US (the Paramount Murcia Park is planned for 2015).

The release also notes that there the signing ceremony was held today "at the Jordanian-American Business Forum under the patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah II of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan." One has to wonder if King Abdullah had suggested Star Trek be included in The Red Sea Astrarium, as he is known to be a big Star Trek fan who even had a cameo as an uncredited extra in an episode of Star Trek: Voyager in 1996.


King Abdullah in Voyager episode "Investigations"

TrekMovie will continued to monitor this exciting project and bring updates when they are available.

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$1bn resort planned for Jordan

Last Updated: May 22, 2011

A Middle East entertainment company has partnered with units of the US media giants CBS and Paramount to develop a US$1 billion theme park and resort in Jordan.

The Amman company Rubicon Group Holding, which creates animated films, said it would design and produce the Red Sea Astrarium, a 74-hectare resort in Aqaba, Jordan.

The resort will include a Star Trek-themed attraction created under licence from CBS Consumer Products, which manages the licensing of television shows including CSI.

The attraction will be "creatively developed" by Paramount Recreation, part of the Paramount group, Rubicon said.

Development of the resort would "generate employment for more than 500 high-skilled workers in the local community", Rubicon said.

The Star Trek attraction will offer a "space-flight adventure" and "23rd-century"-themed entertainment.

The Red Sea Astrarium resort will also include five-star hotels, theatres, dining and shopping. The architectural firm Callison has been engaged to design the project, Rubicon said.

The company did not specify how the development would be funded. The project was announced yesterday at the Jordanian-US Business Forum in Amman.

Rubicon said it hoped to attract some of the "350 million residents across the Middle East", as well as travellers from further afield.

Jordan's tourism industry, along with other markets such as Egypt, Oman and Syria, has been hit by the protests in the Arab world.

According to one estimate, hotel occupancy in Amman is down by 6 per cent from this time last year, partly because of the civil unrest this year.

Rubicon was founded in Jordan and also has offices in Dubai, Los Angeles and Manila.

Now that's a project we need in Jordan, rather than a worthless project like residential or commercial building. Were going to have a startrek in JORDAN.

Nice Project

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Great project. Hope it comes to fruition. Notice the Al-Maabar project (Mina Zayed) behind it!