DUBAI | Al Bawadi Development News

[Krazy]

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed launches leading hospitality investment project

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has unveiled the Bawadi hospitality project in Dubai - a AED 100 billion hospitality and tourism development which will see the construction of the world's largest hotel.

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The Bawadi hospitality project in Dubai.

The development will also feature the largest concentration of leading hotels anywhere in the world.

The project is to be developed and managed by Tatweer, a member of Dubai Holding and marks the entrance of Tatweer into the hospitality industry in Dubai.

Bawadi project has been conceived to develop capacity for the forecast dramatic increase in tourism to Dubai, which is set to reach more than 15 million visitors over the coming years, compared to the current six million tourists who visited the Emirate in 2005.

Saeed Al Muntafiq, CEO of Tatweer said: 'The launch of this project effectively signals the next major phase in tourism development in Dubai as we look forward to the next eight years of major growth.'

'Strategically this development represents a significant platform in the development of tourism in the Emirate, in terms of growing capacity, and will confirm Dubai as one of the world's premier destinations.'

Bawadi will add an additional 31 hotels to the Emirate over the next eight years, nearly doubling the current number of hotel rooms in Dubai. Centerpiece of the development will be the world's largest hotel, Asia-Asia, which alone will provide 6,500 rooms, combining 5,100 four star and an additional 1,400 five star rooms.

Not only will the Bawadi project help to stimulate direct growth in the tourism industry in the UAE, but it will act also as a strong catalyst to tourism dependent industries such as MICE (Meetings, Incentive Travel, Conventions and Exhibitions) and the corporate travel business.

The announcement of this development follows extensive research into the dynamics of the tourism market in Dubai and projections over the next eight years in terms of growth and development.

The AED 100 billion investment will comprise a AED 30 billion investment from Tatweer in hotel developments and AED 10 billion investment in infrastructure. The remaining AED 60 billion is expected to come from investors.

The total capacity of the Bawadi development will be 29,200 rooms out of which 12,450 will be developed by Tatweer's 12 themed hotels, with a further 16,750 rooms being developed by investors through the construction of another 19 hotels.

In addition, Bawadi will become one of the world's most exciting entertainment and leisure hubs through the development of entertainment centers, shopping malls, theaters and attracting leading hotel brands, restaurants and convention centers. It will cater to all the needs of the wide variety of tastes of the tourists that visit Dubai.

'The Bawadi project will occupy an area of 10 kilometers and will have the highest concentration of hotels in the world,' Muntafiq explained.

'It is expected to host 3.3 million guests by 2016 which in turn will represent more than 21% of the total number of tourists that Dubai expects to host by that time.'

Tatweer will develop a series of luxurious theme-based hotels such as the Desert Gate Hotels & Resorts, the Wahat Alkuttab Hotels, the Desert Beach Hotel & Resort, the Land of Arabia Hotels & Resorts, the Wild Wild West Hotels, the Africa World Hotels, the Europa Hotels & Resorts and the Pirate's Cove Hotels & Resorts.

The hotel projects will be developed in five distinct phases to scale with the growth of the tourism in-flow to Dubai. Initially five luxury hotels will open by 2010 with a further six to open by 2011. Seven hotels will be completed by 2012, seven in 2013 and the final fifth phase will see six further hotels opened in 2014.

[Krazy]

This is the second 27 billion dollar project to be released in the UAE within a week... the first being Saadiyat Island of Abu Dhabi.

Rumors are flying around at the UAE forum that this project will include replicas of the tallest towers (as seen in that tiny pic released to media) and the wonders of the world :eek:

Let the bashing begin.

[Dr. Dubai]

Damn, I heard it already, but I don't want those replica's:eek:

I want some orginal designs, and not copies.

[zee]

^^ haha i agree....they already have the falcon of wonders with the replicas

[malec]

Here's the thread.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=8279659#post8279659

I'm not saying anything until we see some proper renders. If the rumours are true then as skyscraper fans we'll have to do everything possible to stop it from going through

[UAE_CONDOR]

cope of Burj Dubai in it and WORLD towers :nocrook:

[zee]

if these rumours turn out to be true n they build it, to what scale do you think they will build the replicas? :eek:

[Krazy]

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Emirati Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (C) looks at a model of the Bawadi hotel project. The booming Gulf city state of Dubai will construct the world's longest hotel strip at a cost of 27 billion dollars.(AFP/Rabih Moghrabi)

[dazz]

are they going to build another Burj Dubai? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[malec]

OK the rumours are true so now is the time to create a massive post and spam it everywhere.
I can't laugh at this it's so horrible

[dazz]

if these would be build to SZR or businessbay/etc I would be worried, but this is "just" one of many crazy Dubailand projects.

[malec]

I mean, I wonder if Sheikh Mohammed actually likes this.

To me now Dubai has officially become this (image below) and all the trolls were right.

[Krazy]

^^ You think that'd make a difference? Dubai is a hole in which investors around the world are free to shit their ideas into... and eventually it will be built. There seems to be a serious lack of planning here. I mean... WTF are they thinking? Bank of China? Petronas? a SECOND Burj Dubai? Those are the most beautiful towers in the world! This is rubbish... I'm starting to loose all respect for Dubai.

[malec]

if these would be build to SZR or businessbay/etc I would be worried, but this is "just" one of many crazy Dubailand projects.
It's not just one crazy project. It's a horrific project and anyone who would have visited Dubai in a few years to see amazing architecture like the burj dubai and so many other great towers that architects have put so much effort into, won't bother coming anymore. I will be one of those.

[Krazy]

if these would be build to SZR or businessbay/etc I would be worried, but this is "just" one of many crazy Dubailand projects.

I wish you were right dazz... I wish this was "just" an idea. But this seems to be serious. Sheikh Mohammed officially launched it himself... there is no turning back from what I understand... the most we can hope for is they cancel these replicas and come up with original designs... but the project will definitely be built.

[dazz]

anything inside Dubailand should not be taken seriously :)

maybe they have run out of architects?

[malec]

but the project will definitely be built.
I wouldn't count on it. Don't you think Emaar will fight so that they don't see their flagship project shat on?

[Krazy]

^^ You mean EMAAR (which is owned by Sheikh Mohammed) will fight a project he launched himself? Let's not live in denial... this is serious stuff.

[dazz]

but to think about this, how long it takes to design a supertall skyscraper? you can't design it in one year, or in two. By buying complete plans, they are saving time, maybe even 5years...

[Krazy]

but to think about this, how long it takes to design a supertall skyscraper? you can't design it in one year, or in two. By buying complete plans, they are saving time, maybe even 5years...

Dubai will have more 300m plus towers by 2010 than the present amount in the entire world... do we really need so many more that we have to come down to the level of building cheap replicas of classics?

[malec]

I suppose the least we could do is spread the word and try and get as many people as possible to boycot, until they remove these elements from the project. I know that I will anyway.

[Darth Shemp]

http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/afp/20060501/capt.sge.nsc15.010506141617.photo00.photo.default-384x271.jpg?x=380&y=268&sig=tzHtON3UY9s3nyJnXPJ0nA--
Emirati Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (C) looks at a model of the Bawadi hotel project. The booming Gulf city state of Dubai will construct the world's longest hotel strip at a cost of 27 billion dollars.(AFP/Rabih Moghrabi)

Are those models true to scale or shorter versions like in Las Vegas?

[dazz]

I will call Sheikh Mohammed right away... :D

[Krazy]

Well from whatever I can make out from that pic... they definitely dont look short looking at the floors...

[malec]

Definitely not. I'm in the process of writing my rant that I intend to spam the boards with right now

[Grollo]

They are going to build a replica of Burj Dubai in Dubai???

Dubai will soon have most of the world's tallest buildings so why build a complex with all of the former world's tallest towers???

[malec]

Because they are thick fucks

[dazz]

Definitely not. I'm in the process of writing my rant that I intend to spam the boards with right now

please include in that spam details on how to contact persons/companies who is responsible on this...

[Krazy]

Because they are thick fucks

Thick fucks with so much money up their ass that they don't know what to do with it next.

[Krazy]

posted by DUBAI GUYS... if this isn't genuine shit then what is?

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[THE DUBAI GUYS]

Shaikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (R) Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, watching the launching of Bawadi hospitality project in Dubai on Monday. The booming Gulf city state of Dubai will add another feather in its cap with the construction of the longest strip of hotels in the world at a cost of 27 billion dollars, developers said. – AFP

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[malec]

Shaikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (R) Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, watching the launching of Bawadi hospitality project in Dubai on Monday. The booming Gulf city state of Dubai will add another feather in its crap with the construction of the longest strip of hotels in the world at a cost of 27 billion dollars, developers said. – AFP

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They forgot a letter there :D

[crazyeight]

I wish they would have at least planned on building JBR style towers, but not replicas. :cry:

[Biakko]

I don't believe in it one fuckin second.

[malec]

:eek: I wonder if they've included the destroyed world trade centre twins :eek:

[Face81]

They forgot a letter there :D

very funny! :tongue2:

[Face81]

OMG!

This is unbeleivable! Seriously! OMG! and further more, OMG!!!!

I have examined the model and I can see EXACT replicas of the following:

The Burj Dubai (!!!!) - Dubai
The Petronas Towers - Kuala Lumpur
The Oriental Pearl Tower - Shanghai
The Bank of China Tower - Hong Kong
Taipei 101 - Taipei


Sheesh! OMG!!!!

[Face81]

Can anyone find these books at Amazon? :D :D :D

Building The Petronas Towers for Dummies
Building The Burj Dubai for Dummies
Building The Oriental Pearl Tower for Dummies
Building The Bank of China Tower for Dummies
Building Taipei 101 for Dummies

I am willing to pay no more than $5 for each book :D

[dubaiflo]

this is ridiculous..

worse than falcon city. i mean.... ok, let's build eiffel tower with a modern design, the pyramids with glass facade etc, all in an entertainment park, i am fine with that.

but not this. not this...

noooooo :bash:

[DUBAI]

THIS PROJECT ROCKS!

:dance:

You guys are soooo negative.

where else on earth could pull this off?

:D I LOVE IT! :D

[city of the future]

please close this,this is absurd. I think im leaving the forum for a while

[SaRaJeVo-City]

this is hella bs....dubai just went down in respect in my book

[DG]

i just watched it on TV it is COMPLETELY REDICULOUS AND DISGUSTING

big ben
eiffel
golden gate
taj mahal
petronas
taipei 101
oriental pearl
burj dubai
and so on...

what the hell is going on

[Biakko]

"golden gate" ??? This is getting too much ridiculous. I can't believe a word of it.
I'm sure it won't be built :)

[DUBAI]

C'mon this is SSC...the city.

Its a realisation of this website!

not to mention a great symbol of Dubai ...all nations and cultures coming together in one city!

I think once you've got over your shock, a lot of you would like to go and see it.

its not going to interfere with the present dubai skyline, and it will be done in a classy way, not just a cheap knock off.

DUBAI DOESNT DO MODEL VILLAGES!

[De Snor]

Congratulations Dubai , you just made yourself the biggest laughing stock on planet earth, talking about cheap shit-de-luxe-.
Finally , Las Vegas-on-the-sea has discovered itself , completly.

This city is becoming a joke , goodbye Dubai I've lost all interest in you!

[dubaiflo]

^^ u r in some way right.. however..thinking about it even longer.. it is not tooooo bad... in some way. think about it guys, do it.

[malec]

Congratulations Dubai , you just made yourself the biggest laughing stock on planet earth, talking about cheap shit-de-luxe-.
Finally , Las Vegas-on-the-sea has discovered itself , completly.

Agree 100% :yes:

[Biakko]

^^ u r in some way right.. however..thinking about it even longer.. it is not tooooo bad... in some way. think about it guys, do it.

Wait guy you think having two Burj Dubai, one real, and one replica just for hotel, in the same town isn't bad ?
However I wonder who is the f*cking asshole who got this idea first...

[crazyeight]

What's worse is that it's not even in dubailand.

[Biakko]

Agree 100% :yes:
100% More.
I mean even before that Dubai was criticised because of their crazy, pretentious projects, and now this... This won't be good for Dubai image, I bet !

[DUBAI]

What's worse is that it's not even in dubailand.

Yes it is.

and people will come to see it in their droves :baeh3:

[CborG]

This can't be true! Someone should stop them!!

[dubaiflo]

Wait guy you think having two Burj Dubai, one real, and one replica just for hotel, in the same town isn't bad ?
However I wonder who is the f*cking asshole who got this idea first...


read my post int he UAE section, i was exactly saying a 2nd Burj Dubai is ridiculous but apart from the designs, the concept is not too bad.

[SaRaJeVo-City]

this is total shit, what are they trying to accomplish with this, so people don't have to visit other cities to see the landmarks because they can see em all in dubai? It would of been better if they made their own unique buildings and carried this project out not replica's , this is really bs!

[Peter The Great]

No CN Tower replica? ...bastards.
How about a replica of the WTC twin towers? They'll find a new home in the UAE.

[dubaiflo]

^^ both of you are right... but don't forget this is only a small part of Dubai's development.

the concept is not too bad, but two Burj Dubais.. this is ... ridiculous and makes no sense...

[shayan]

Isnt there some kind of copy right? Ow and if they are building replicas they should make each like 1 m longer than the original to fuck up the minds of the cities where the originals are LOL.

[Krazy]

How can the concept not be bad? How can Dubai expect to be a world class city when it keeps making replicas and ripping off excellent skyscrapers around the world... we thought Chrysler and Big Ben replicas were bad.. then we got two Taj Mahals along with all the other wonders... and now this?!

Which part of it makes Dubai look good according to you guys claiming this is a good project... 27 billion dollars can be put to a much better use!

[SaRaJeVo-City]

Well making replicas of your original buildings that you already have in your city makes no sense? I don't like this project period...just seems cheap!

[BinALAin]

copy others towers... so ppl will come to dubai to watch all the best towers of the world/// am sure will increase # of dubai haters lol

[dubaiflo]

How can the concept not be bad? How can Dubai expect to be a world class city when it keeps making replicas and ripping off excellent skyscrapers around the world... we thought Chrysler and Big Ben replicas were bad.. then we got two Taj Mahals along with all the other wonders... and now this?!



krazy just apart from the designs, it seems like this has some proper planning, all along a strip, so good views etc, developed in phases, good investments plans, reasonable completion dates...etc.

[Krazy]

how can "proper planning" and "good views" matter or make any sense in being the top priority for a project when all you're doing is ripping off quality designs?! I dont understand the logic... I can have good views building a 100 storey block of concrete and making holes in them for people to look outside... would we be happy with that since good views is what's important?

Let's think straight.. this is nothing but SHIT. Dubai is going to look real cheap. And all you UAE forumers better not complain anymore if we get compared to Vegas from now on. In fact, I doubt even Vegas would fall down to this level. Disgraceful is what it is.

[malec]

This project is terrible full stop. No point making excuses for it flo, you know yourself that it's bad.

[DUBAI]

How can the concept not be bad? How can Dubai expect to be a world class city when it keeps making replicas and ripping off excellent skyscrapers around the world... we thought Chrysler and Big Ben replicas were bad.. then we got two Taj Mahals along with all the other wonders... and now this?!

Which part of it makes Dubai look good according to you guys claiming this is a good project... 27 billion dollars can be put to a much better use!


For starters its not actualy in dubai, this along with the rest of dubailand will become a seperate destination in its own right.

It makes dubailand a better destination, and through that, reflects better on dubai.

Abu Dhabi jealousy? [never to be admited of course ;)]

[Krazy]

Abu Dhabi jealousy?

Oh yes... please give us the fake BD, Bank of China and the Petronas! :master:

[dubaiflo]

^^ i think nick has a point in that.

and as u have seen, my first reaction also was,.. omg what a crappy ridiculus project.

This project is terrible full stop. No point making excuses for it flo, you know yourself that it's bad.


i think it is worse than falcon city, but even falcon city serves a purpose and some people will love it.

and this one has an even bigger and more important purpose, hotel rooms for dubai.

[DG]

Abu Dhabi jealousy? [never to be admited of course ;)]

jeolous of what?!! from the biggest joke on earth!!

Abu Dhabi got my respect really, at least they have their own identity rather than being another Vegas.

[Face81]

someone translate this ASAP!

محمد بن راشد يطلق مشروع "بوادي" في دبي بكلفة 27.2 مليار دولار

التاريخ : 1/5/2006 المصدر : دبي - رينا


أطلق صاحب السمو الشيخ محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم نائب رئيس الدولة رئيس مجلس الوزراء حاكم دبي اليوم مشروع الضيافة المتكامل "بوادي"، الذي تنفذه شركة "تطوير" التابعة لدبي القابضة في دبي، بكلفة تقدر بنحو27.2 مليار دولار، ويعد من أكبر مشاريع التطوير الفندقي في العالم، كما يضم أكبر فندق في العالم.

وقال سعيد المنتفق الرئيس التنفيذي لشركة "تطوير أن مشروع بوادي يعد من أكبر المشاريع التي تم إطلاقها في دبي ومن أعمقها تأثيراً، فعدا عن أنه سيعطي دفعة قوية للقطاع السياحي في البلاد، فإن تأثيراته الإيجابية ستمتد إلى العديد من القطاعات الأخرى بما فيها الخدمات، المعارض والمؤتمرات وغيرها.

وأضاف المنتفق أن مشروع بوادي يجسد الأهمية الإستراتيجية للقطاع السياحي ضمن خطط التنمية الحكومية، حيث وجه صاحب السمو الشيخ محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم بإطلاق مشروع بوادي لإحداث نقلة نوعية في القطاع الفندقي، من خلال مضاعفة عدد الغرف الفندقية في الإمارة.

وأشار إلى أن المشروع سيعتمد على النجاحات الكبيرة التي حققها القطاع السياحي في دبي، مع استقطاب أكثر من ستة ملايين سائح في العام 2005 فقط، متوقعا أن يتضاعف هذا العدد خلال السنوات الخمس المقبلة مما سيضاعف الضغوط على الطاقة الفندقية المتاحة حالياً.

وسيمتد مشروع بوادي على مسافة 10 كيلو مترات، مما يجعل منه أطول سلسلة فنادق في العالم، ويتوقع أن يستوعب 3.3 ما معدله 21 بالمائة من عدد السياح الإجمالي الذي يتوقع أن تستقطبه دبي خلال 2016.

وستشترك شركة تطوير في تنفيذ هذه المبادرة مع مستثمرين دوليين، حيث يبلغ إجمالي حجم الاستثمارات في المشروع قرابة 27.2 مليار دولار، وتتولى شركة تطوير حصة كبيرة من الاستثمارات إذ يبلغ حجمها 10.8 مليار دولار وتتوزع بين الاستثمار في البنية التحتية بحصة 2.7 مليار دولار والفنادق بنحو 8.1 مليار دولار أما المستثمرون الآخرون فتقدر حصتهم من المشروع بإجمالي 16.3 مليار دولار.

وكشف سعيد المنتفق أن عدد الفنادق الجديدة ضمن مشروع بوادي سيصل إلى أكثر من 31 فندقاً تضيف أكثر من 29200 غرفة فندقية إلى الطاقة الفندقية في دبي، منها 12450 غرفة فندقية في المشاريع التي ستنفذها تطوير (12 فندقا) و16750 غرفة في المشاريع الفندقية للمستثمرين (19 فندقا). وأشار إلى أن شركة تطوير ستقوم بتنفيذ فندق " آسيا آسيا" الذي سيكون الأكبر في العالم من حيث الطاقة الاستيعابية، حيث يتسع لـ 6500 غرفة (5100 غرفة من فئة الأربع نجوم 1400 غرفة من فئة الخمس نجوم).

وأضاف: "روعي أن يتم تنفيذ هذه المشاريع الفندقية بشكل تدريجي تماشياً مع النمو في الطلب، حيث يتوقع أن تفتح أول خمسة فنادق منها أبوابها في عام 2010، ويليها ستة فنادق أخرى في عام 2011 وسبع فنادق في عام 2012 وسبعة فنادق في عام 2013 وستة فنادق في عام 2014"·

وإلى جانب فندق آسيا-آسيا، ستقوم شركة تطوير بتنفيذ عدد من الفنادق ضمن مشروع بوادي منها فندق و منتجع "بوابة الصحراء" ، والعديد من الفنادق الأخرى التي سيتمتع كل منها بتصميمات ومزايا خاصة تتماشى مع مستوى التطور الحاصل في عالم السياحة والفنادق أبرزها فندق "واحة الكتاب" وفندق ومنتجع "شاطئ الصحراء" وفندق و منتجع "لاند أوف أرابيا" وفندق "وايلد وايلد ويست" و فندق "عالم أفريقيا" و فندق و منتجع "أوروبا" وفندق و منتجع"بايرتس كوف".

كما سيتضمن مشروع بوادي إلى جانب سلسلة الفنادق المتطورة، تشكيلة متكاملة من الخدمات والتسهيلات الراقية بما في ذلك مركز للتسلية والترفيه يضاهي أمثاله في أبرز المواقع السياحية في العالم، مراكز تسوق، مسارح، مطاعم ومركز مؤتمرات، بما يضمن توفير كافة حاجات ومتطلبات الزوار والسياح من مختلف أنحاء العالم.

وسيساهم مشروع بوادي في تحقيق نجاح كبير وسط توقعات بأن يتصاعد عدد السياح القادمين إلى دبي إلى 15 مليون حيث يتوقع أن يتسارع النمو في القطاع بمعدلات من رقمين علي مدى السنوات المقبلة، ليصبح أحد أهم ثلاث قطاعات في دفع عجلة التنمية الاقتصادية في البلاد خلال العقود المقبلة.

كما أن استمرار النمو السريع في عدد الزوار سيؤدي إلى تضاعف الطلب على الغرف الفندقية في السنوات القليلة المقبلة، مما يتوجب معه إنشاء المزيد من الفنادق. ويضاف إلى ذلك النمو المتوقع في عدد زوار دبي من السياح ورجال الأعمال، مع اكتمال العناصر الترفيهية ضمن دبي لاند، مما سيجعل منه وجهة سياحية عالمية المستوى تستقطب ملايين السياح من مختلف أنحاء العالم

[mookieflookie]

i dont know, i think it's pretty cool

i would like to see it when it's done

[malec]

I'd prefer the real thing really

[DUBAI]

i dont know, i think it's pretty cool

i would like to see it when it's done

As will a lot of people [even those mocking it now]

[909]

It's a shame that a place with powerfull investors, a skyscraper minded government, with a lot of funds can't think of state-of-the-art architecture and skyscrapers instead of ordinairy rip-offs of other buildings. What a waste of time and money. Shame on you, Dubai!

[dubaiflo]

ok guys calm down.

my overall conclusion:

Hotel project- good for Dubai's growth.

Reasonable plans and completion dates

Developed in phases

Themed hotels and resorts built on a Las Vegas type strip.

Cheap designs, just copied from other cities and even from Dubai.
TACKY!!

Some good themes, like a moon hotel

Location unknown, Dubailand probably.

for sure not in the 'current' Dubai, which would indeed, make it look cheap.

don't forget this is only a small part of Dubai's projects and space, it is not like the whole of Dubai becomes cheap and soulless because of this...

there is some very good architecture in the rest of the town. :cheers:

[Biakko]

We gotta do something about this, a petition or whatever... Even if it has no importance. This is just stealing some cities (even countries) pride !

2 Burj Dubai.... Why not 3 ?

RI-DI-CU-LOUS

Dubai should try to complete quicker their major projects. With this bawadi shit, no wonder that Dubailand, Waterfront or Falcon City will be delayed... :bash:

[B@dGuYoM]

i just watched it on TV it is COMPLETELY REDICULOUS AND DISGUSTING

big ben
eiffel
golden gate
taj mahal
petronas
taipei 101
oriental pearl
burj dubai
and so on...

what the hell is going on
a kind of las vegas rebirth.......

[Qatar4Ever]

Typical of Dubai

[Newcastle Guy]

Dubai officially DISGUSTS me. I was beginning to like some of the projects and actually starting to look forward to going one day but no. Not any more. This could draw alot of tourism from other destinations, tourism a place like this does not deserve. I have actully read this thread with my jaw dropped. not in awe, but in disgust. Especially of comments like this-

“if they are building replicas they should make each like 1 m longer than the original to fuck up the minds of the cities where the originals are LOL.”

[UAE]

This is crazy. who is paying for this crazy project, the investors must be the dumbest people on earth

[Biakko]

This is crazy. who is paying for this crazy project, the investors must be the dumbest people on earth

Dubai municipalty. When you have money, everything is easy...

[UAE]

yeah talk about wasting money.

[UAE_CONDOR]

i just watched it on TV it is COMPLETELY REDICULOUS AND DISGUSTING

big ben
eiffel
golden gate
taj mahal
petronas
taipei 101
oriental pearl
burj dubai
and so on...

what the hell is going on


http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/photos/big_ben_watched.jpg

http://www.proccy.com/img/gal/eiffel.jpg

http://www.yachtphotography.com/DJS%20Golden%20Gate.jpg

http://www.placesidratherbe.com/Taj%20Mahal.jpg

http://www.sts.tu-harburg.de/projects/WEL/0911/images/13-petronas%20tower3.jpg


http://sixq.net/mei/Taipei%20101.JPG

http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/other/shanghai/tower.jpg

http://www.skyscrapers.cn/images/asia/uae/Burj_Dubai2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/skyscraperrot/esb02.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/skyscraperrot/boc02.jpg


and so on... :runaway: COOOOL

[SaRaJeVo-City]

are these replicas going to be the exact same height as the original towers?

[dubaiflo]

Dubai municipalty. When you have money, everything is easy...

not really...

are these replicas going to be the exact same height as the original towers?

most probably not.

[luv2bebrown]

Malec please post your source

[SaRaJeVo-City]

Its gonna be interesting seeing a 2nd empire....even tho I don't like this project.

[TroyBoy]

Las Vegas anyone?

[dubaiflo]

yeah this is the las vegas part of Dubai, just without gambling but with Dubailand close to it.

and again it is only a part of Dubai, not in the current city...

[european]

Article on this shit project AN MUST READ.

http://www.ameinfo.com/84671.html






I mean like people are fucking starving in poor countries, the last thing they want to do is spend $27 bilion on copying other towers. WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TallBox]

dubai is like a c-list celebrity or footballer - damn rich, but thick and therefore tasteless and tacky

i used to like the place.... this is worsened by the fact that it's still culturally backward and built on slave labour.

[stadiumfuture]

Are there more pictures about this project, than can i say of that an good project is.

[Marcanadian]

Im all for the clusters of hotels, but not copying other towers! :bash:

[Bikes]

FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE and..... FAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really hope they wake up from this childish dream and continue constructing the REAL Dubai! Not this cheap shit. If they have too much money there are only better ways to spend it.

[The Mad Hatter!!]

HAHAHA, DUBAI JUST MADE THE POINT THAT I'VE BEEN ARGUING FOR MONTHS, the fact that its tacky and unoriginal.

In terms of a tourism aspect the idea is also unoriginal, copying the model of las vegas just expanding upon it.

[Zaki]

yo this is the biggest fucking bullshit i have ever seen. Until now i was always defending Dubai but if they themselves want to become the next Las Vegas then thats their choice. I thought a future world class city with its own unique identity was growing there but i guess i was wrong.

[Dubai_Steve]

Whats the big deal -- its just 31 theme hotels in one place! Positioned just outside DubaiLand Theme Parks. So fun hotels for all the tourist to use whle on holiday visiting the theme parks. Just like Disney World. This is a tourist / entertainment project not part of the city as such.

There will be original hotels in there to:

Here is a list of the hotels announced in the press release (13 so far)

Asia Asia Hotel
Egyptian Palace Hotel
Hollywood Hotel
House of Parliament Hotel
Moon Hotel
Desert Gate Hotel
Wahat Alkuttab Hotel
Desert Beach Hotel
Land of Arabia Hotel
Wild Wild West Hotel
Africa World Hotel
Europa Hotel
Pirate Cove Hotel

They will not be exact scale replicas just themed hotels.

It a cross between Vegas and Disney World. Not supposed to be original just fun.

[spyguy]

Ok, I'm a little relieved that they wouldn't think of taking any black monoliths from Chicago for a hotel.

By the way, this project (if real) does not really help Dubai's image of becoming a distinctive world city with actual culture. Just another Vegas, maybe even worse.

[UAE]

Article on this shit project AN MUST READ.

http://www.ameinfo.com/84671.html






I mean like people are fucking starving in poor countries, the last thing they want to do is spend $27 bilion on copying other towers. WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!

you are right but nobody gives a damn about poor people, we human are really ignorant and scums of this world if you think about, my ecnomic teacher told me that the world has enough food production to solve the world's poverty 6 times over, yet there are still millions of people starving to death because of of human ignorance

[european]

Ok, I'm a little relieved that they wouldn't think of taking any black monoliths from Chicago for a hotel.

By the way, this project (if real) does not really help Dubai's image of becoming a distinctive world city with actual culture. Just another Vegas, maybe even worse.

Mate this project is 100 percent real, go to google news and type dubai and first thing you will see is news articles relating to this bullshit projects.

[european]

Dubai to build world's 'longest' hotel strip

$27 billion ’Bawadi’ to feature 31 hotels, offering more than 29,000 rooms projected to host 3.3 million guests by 2016.

The booming Gulf city state of Dubai will add another feather in its cap with the construction of world's longest hotel strip at a cost of 27 billion dollars, developers said Monday.

"Bawadi" will feature 31 hotels, many theme-based, offering more than 29,000 rooms projected to host 3.3 million guests by 2016, said Saeed al-Muntafiq, chief executive of Tatweer, which will develop and manage the project.

The development will be built on a 10-kilometer (six-mile) strip of land with total investment estimated at 100 billion dirhams (27.2 billion dollars), Muntafiq told reporters and tourism industry executives.

Tatweer, which is part of Dubai Holding, a conglomerate owned by the government of Dubai which oversees mega projects in the emirate, will invest 40 billion dirhams (10.9 billion dollars), with the rest expected to come from investors.

The first phase of the project will be completed in 2010 and the final phase will finish four years later.

Dubai, which attracted more than six million tourists last year, is in the midst of a construction frenzy, with resorts, malls, sports installations and residential complexes sprouting up across its desert sands.

One of the seven members of the United Arab Emirates federation, Dubai has made plans to receive about 15 million visitors a year from 2010.

[Dubai_Steve]

Yep its Vegas Part 2 and I love it.

Long wait though 2014 for completion.

[malec]

What I want to know though is, how tall will these things be?

[Dubai_Steve]

Dubai has staked its claim on future of tourism and hospitality with the launch of a dhs 100 billion development, called Bawadi.

Already dubbed ‘Du-Vegas’ by some observers, the project will include the world’s largest hotel - Asia Asia, with 6,500 rooms - will run right through the middle of the Dubailand project, currently under construction.

Bawadi (the Arabic word for bedouin camp), will be developed and managed by Dubai Holding subsidiary, Tatweer, creating 29,500 new hotels rooms to cater for some 15 million tourists expected to visit Dubai by 2016.

Set over 139 million square feet of desert, about 10 kilometres inland from Dubai, Bawadi will have the biggest concentration of hotels anywhere in the world.

“The launch of this project effectively signals the next major phase in tourism development in Dubai as we look forward to the next eight years of major growth,” said Tatweer CEO, Saeed Al Muntafiq.

Many of the 31 new hotels at Bawadi will be themed. La Musica Hotel will offer guests the chance to live like their pop idols. The Holly Bolly Hotel will offer guests at taste of movie stardom from east or west.

Other hotels will be themed on Arabia, space, natural history and ‘old Europe’.

The dhs 100 billion investment will comprise a dhs 30 billion investment from Tatweer in hotel developments and dhs 10 billion investment in infrastructure. The remaining dhs 60 billion is expected to come from investors.

The first hotels are scheduled for completion by 2010.

[malec]

Wait a sec, the Asia Asia hotel probably consists of all these towers, in that case they wouldn't be that tall (hopefully)

[Dubai_Steve]

Well all the asian ones at least. Yes they wont be that tall.

[malec]

How do you know that though?

[Dubai_Steve]

This is 31 theme hotels for the theme park - not part of the City or Downtown etc.

[malec]

So? How does that affect whether or not they're tall?

[Dubai_Steve]

How do you know that though?

Because I am a futurist

http://www.7days.ae/wp-admin/image-browser.php?mode=show_thumb&filename=%2Fhome%2Fsvndays%2Fpublic_html%2Fwp-content%2Ffiles%2FImage%2F2006%2F05%2F02%2FGateway_new.jpg

[spyguy]

The Holly Bolly Hotel? Couldn't choose, huh? :hahaha:

[malec]

Another image from gulf news:

http://gulfnews.com/images/06/05/02/02_bus_tourism_complex01_4.jpg

http://gulfnews.com/nation/Travel_and_Tourism/10037084.html

Look at the taipei 101 :ohno:
These towers don't look small at all actually.

[Dubai_Steve]

They look about 50% scale or less to me.

Each one will have entertainment projects inside. Will be fun to explore the lobbies of each. Will take several days to wander around each of them and explore.

[Bob Rock]

http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/7073/575016570nd.jpg
http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/3755/575016427pb.jpg
:cheers:

[malec]

That small boxy tower in front is about 25 floors high so these are tall, althought not as tall as the originals think. Not 50%, more like 80%

[malec]

Another image:

http://gulfnews.com/images/06/05/01/02_bus_desert_paradise_4.jpg

[Dubai_Steve]

Looks fantastic - just like vegas strip. But the best part is it goes through DubaiLand. So has all the fun of the fair as well :)

[Locke]

That's a massive project, lol a replica of the burj dubai in dubai!:P It's tacky, but then so is vegas. I hope it doesn't detract from the other great projects in Dubai that stand on their own merits. I guess if this is off in Dubailand somwhere it's ok.

Still, massive development.

[Citystyle]

Well if it's in dubai land i have zero issue with these being reps. I dont think they will be exact and by the looks of it they will be a heap different. Look at 101 and the Malay twins they are nothing like them. So we will see, a very intresting concept for dubai land and it adds to the theme park ideal. They always rip of existing structures dubai land just does it better.

Not a silly project, the dubai bashers are still just that and it's fair to be sceptical about it, it could be a disaster.

PS: this is hardly cheap.

[Caiman]

Dubai is turning into a joke town, wtf is this shit?

[Sahil12345]

loll its a relief to find out this is all in Dubailand....people have you ever been to Epcot in Disney World? Well, this is Epcot and Vegas with oil money, so yeah its bound to be massive but hey, its just for Dubailand

[Vortox]

Wow, Dubia would steal the identity of so may diferent cities with one low blow:shocked:

[DUBAI]

Ok, dubai bashers, this isnt in Dubai!

secondly, this project is no worse than las vegas, in fact its better!

thirdly, this project will allow people to see some of the worlds best architecture together... great for those of you who are skyscraper fans

fourthly, isnt it better to see the structures in a large scale; rather than as models.

Yes it is a rip off, but that is the point. it is a global replica. It isnt part of dubai city, its a resort, and as a skyscraper fan, it is the best one possible!

[Krazy]

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e357/sahmad1/0359e65e.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e357/sahmad1/53419c8f.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e357/sahmad1/0c2f5828.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a8/sahmad/4f9d53c3.jpg

[Locke]

How tall is the 'mini' Burj Dubai? It looks about 400m tall itself! Jeepers! Won't that be bizarre to watch going up!

Those night shots do look kinda cool it must be said.

[Krazy]

A family-oriented hotel strip like no other – valued at Dh100 billion and including 29,200 rooms in 35 themed hotels – is being built in the Dubailand theme park, developers revealed yesterday.

Adding to the long list of superlatives for which Dubai is becoming known, the Bawadi project will include the 6,500room Asia-Asia, an oriental architecture-themed hotel dubbed as the biggest hotel in the world.

“This is the largest concentration of hotels in one location in the world,” proclaimed Saeed Al Muntafiq, chief executive officer of Tatweer, the Dubai Holding company developing the project, which will span 139 million square feet over a 10km stretch, when it is complete in 2016.

Al Muntafiq told an audience including His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, that the project would attract 21 per cent of Dubai’s tourist traffic of 15 million annual visitors by 2016. Each themed hotel will have its own culturally relevant theatre, with 100 shows daily,Al Muntafiq said.

“By 2016 this project will be the largest project in the world in terms of housing hotel rooms and hotel room numbers. It will have 100 fixed theatres with different plays, whether they are Arabic or Western. It will attract 3.3 million tourists and will add strategic economical value to the country,” Al Muntafiq told Emirates Today, adding that construction began two months ago.

Themed hotels and resorts depicting Hollywood-Bollywood, Europe, America, Africa, Persia, Amazonian and the Wild Wild West will be built along with many others in the multi-tiered resort complex.

Described as the “brightest spot on the planet” and “out of this world and out of this century” in its marketing, Bawadi will include more than 1,500 restaurants, streams of retail outlets and an air-conditioned sky train to transport people across the hotel and amusement strip.

Al Muntafiq said Dubai is positioning itself as a regional tourism hub, reiterating the emirate’s vision to attract 15 million tourists by 2015. He said that Bawadi would help address a projected gap between demand and supply in hotel rooms and would also support development of Dubailand, said to be the world’s biggest theme-amusement park, twice the size of Walt Disney World in Florida.

But he said this would not be an exclusive, five-star-only resort – and will include a series of three-star and four-star hotels that will attract families both in the UAE, regionally and internationally. The Asia-Asia hotel, for one, will include 5,100 four-star rooms and 1,400 five-star rooms.

“Visitors attracted to Dubai and the UAE for the past 10 years will come, but also, once this project is complete, we have to compete for other regions around the world,”Al Muntafiq said.

[godblessbotox]

i thought us americans had no taste...

[luv2bebrown]

its a theme park project
overall, id say theme parks arent the most tasteful places

[robertee]

Wait a sec, the Asia Asia hotel probably consists of all these towers, in that case they wouldn't be that tall (hopefully)

You're right.....it's the Dubailand version of New York, New York (in Las Vegas), except with all the notable Asian towers......if you think about it, the Asia Asia will only represent about 22% of the total amount of rooms to be built in this project...there should be a lot of interesting stuff going up here...I mean, after all there will be 34 other hotels..... :)

[la bestia kuit]

ok, some in dubai is playing to simcity too much, and don´t have any best idea of what is going to do, with all his money

[malec]

Actually seeing those last renders I'm relieved slightly. The replicas only form a small part of this and there seems to be a serious entertainment element included in the project. However, the replicas still look quite tall and I wonder what the final heights are. Also I think it's hotel overkill

[goschio]

Wow, thats an awesome projects. Those two towers at the entrance of the strip are stunning! OMG

After this project, Dubai will be memorized forever.

[alsen]

.........rock it :rock:

[jorgen]

I think they build this mainly so that the rich sheiks can have a cool strip to drive their Ferraris through, rather than the desert.

Quite cool project, but seems to be a bit out of proportions, like most Dubai projects. I would like to live in 100 years when there is no more oil left, the whole country is bankrupt and the only attraction left is the one called 'worlds biggest ghost town' :)

[AltinD]

^^ Considering how much oil money is pumped directly and indirectly into the British economy, I will be as much concearned about London. :tongue2:

[jorgen]

You be that. I'll rather stick to topic.

[Adiks]

Some sort of shit :bash: Whenewer i see some buildings or complexes worth xX bln$ to be built in Dubai my blood is getting boiled !!! Why is that so many ppl are starving in Africa, dying in China and being killed in Afganistan while in Dubai "Shakes" don't know what to do with their money? I wish a nuke hit Dubai to clean up the whole area. Sorry.

[MelbourneMan]

This is the BIGGEST load of elephant diahorreha I've ever seen.

I agree fully with Adiks. Spending a 100 billion dollars on self absorbtion is a crime when in africa children are fed gruel once a day and forced to walk several km to and from school - if they are lucky to even be able to access a school.

Dubai sucks and I have no respect and interest for this land of rich, selfish bastardry.

[malec]

I wish a nuke hit Dubai to clean up the whole area. Sorry.
That's kind of harsh isn't it? I know I was pissed off yesterday but I wouldn't wish the deaths of over 2 million people.

This is the BIGGEST load of elephant diahorreha I've ever seen.

I agree fully with Adiks. Spending a 100 billion dollars on self absorbtion is a crime when in africa children are fed gruel once a day and forced to walk several km to and from school - if they are lucky to even be able to access a school.

Dubai sucks and I have no respect and interest for this land of rich, selfish bastardry.
I think this money could be spent in way better ways too. Improve schools and education, built decent labour camps, build another metro line, more hospitals especially in all the new areas, put some more money into existing projects so that they end up being of good quality, etc...

[Biakko]

Some sort of shit :bash: Whenewer i see some buildings or complexes worth xX bln$ to be built in Dubai my blood is getting boiled !!! Why is that so many ppl are starving in Africa, dying in China and being killed in Afganistan while in Dubai "Shakes" don't know what to do with their money? I wish a nuke hit Dubai to clean up the whole area. Sorry.

Hey man if you feel so much concerned about those poor people, why don't you take the first plane to go help them, instead of writing such bullshit on the internet ?

[nezzybaby]

Some sort of shit :bash: Whenewer i see some buildings or complexes worth xX bln$ to be built in Dubai my blood is getting boiled !!! Why is that so many ppl are starving in Africa, dying in China and being killed in Afganistan while in Dubai "Shakes" don't know what to do with their money? I wish a nuke hit Dubai to clean up the whole area. Sorry.

US defence budget $414Bn

who should be spending their money differently???

Dubai is spending its money wisely in my opinion, they havent got as much oil as the rest of the emirates, and its gonna run out eventually, what they are doing is ensuring future growth with a thriving tourist and business industry.

now shut the fuck up

[Locke]

This is the BIGGEST load of elephant diahorreha I've ever seen.

I agree fully with Adiks. Spending a 100 billion dollars on self absorbtion is a crime when in africa children are fed gruel once a day and forced to walk several km to and from school - if they are lucky to even be able to access a school.

Dubai sucks and I have no respect and interest for this land of rich, selfish bastardry.

And how much money do you send to Africa then, since you care SO much obviously? When was the last time you took a homeless person in?

You live in Melbourne, probably pretty well off I take it. Don't see you helping anyone out? Why do you think you are different from the folk in Dubai? Why should they give when you don't? If they are selfish rich bastards they are no more so than you are, but if probably makes you feel good to fire cheap shots off like that and feel like you really do care.

So get off your high horse.

Of course, if you do actually give lots of your time and money to helping the poor then I take that back, but I doubt it.

[Face81]

I LOVE it :D


Viva Las Dubai! :D :D :D

:dance:

[AltinD]

Some sort of shit :bash: Whenewer i see some buildings or complexes worth xX bln$ to be built in Dubai my blood is getting boiled !!! Why is that so many ppl are starving in Africa, dying in China and being killed in Afganistan while in Dubai "Shakes" don't know what to do with their money? I wish a nuke hit Dubai to clean up the whole area. Sorry.

UAE gives so much money in helping the poor that all of you together combined, can't think of the amount.

Not only that but they just give and gon't brag about it, not as all those rich countries who pledge billions and don't give a dime at the end, and all you suckers applause them for helping.

When the earthquake in Pakistan happened recently, UN critisized the UAE and other Gulf countries for not "contributing" in the releaf effort. The (rightfully angry) respons of the UAE officials was: "... When you started asking for help, we were already in the ground helping people, and we rather deliver our help by our self then giving it to you for delivery and having up to 40% get lost in administrative and burocratic expences of the UN ..."

[Face81]

From the looks of things, I would imagine that all those replicas are either EXACT replicas of the originals, which really would be pretty cool or they are about 80-90% the size of the originals.

This has to be THE MOTHER OF ALL PROJECTS.

Simply spectacular. I cant wait to wait to visit and drive down that main road.... only thing is, I will be 10 years older! :runaway:

[Krazy]

Some sort of shit :bash: Whenewer i see some buildings or complexes worth xX bln$ to be built in Dubai my blood is getting boiled !!! Why is that so many ppl are starving in Africa, dying in China and being killed in Afganistan while in Dubai "Shakes" don't know what to do with their money? I wish a nuke hit Dubai to clean up the whole area. Sorry.

Posts like yours make for excellent signatures :cheers: :weirdo:

[malec]

UAE gives so much money in helping the poor that all of you together combined, can't think of the amount.

Not only that but they just give and gon't brag about it, not as all those rich countries who pledge billions and don't give a dime at the end, and all you suckers applause them for helping.

When the earthquake in Pakistan happened recently, UN critisized the UAE and other Gulf countries for not "contributing" in the releaf effort. The (rightfully angry) respons of the UAE officials was: "... When you started asking for help, we were already in the ground helping people, and we rather deliver our help by our self then giving it to you for delivery and having up to 40% get lost in administrative and burocratic expences of the UN ..."
Yup the UAE does give a load of money when natural disasters happen like the one in Pakistan. I forget how much they gave but I remember it was a lot compared to other countries.

[System_Halted]

That project with replicas will turn Dubai into a real Disneyland. I like Dubai, and development over there amazes me, but this project is greatly disappointing. :ohno:

[Zaki]

i am really glad this is in dubailand and not in Dubai because it would have killed the image of Dubai. I do think spending a 100bn dollars on just a theme park though is way too much. Thats larger than most countries GNI.

[dubaiflo]

I think this money could be spent in way better ways too. Improve schools and education, built decent labour camps, build another metro line, more hospitals especially in all the new areas, put some more money into existing projects so that they end up being of good quality, etc...


malec u can't say Dubai does not spend enough on education, schools, infrastructure etc.

have a look in the Big boss in action thread ;)

but still...


I DECIDED I LOVE THIS PROJECT!

it is amazing.

it is great, restaurants , themed hotels, entertainment, towers , this is stunning.

Dubai rarely disappoints me.

and don't forget i hated this project at first.

[Roch5220]

secondly, this project is no worse than las vegas, in fact its better!
!


Well, if your going to do it, you might as well go all the way.

[Roch5220]

malec u can't say Dubai does not spend enough on education, schools, infrastructure etc..

maybe not, but I don't think they spend enough on yaughts. Maybe this time, build one bigger than an aircarrier.

[Face81]

Got a new pic for all of you and I have made a few observations. Anyone else care to help in labelling the rest of the stuff? :D

http://i2.tinypic.com/x1nj9t.jpg

[THE DUBAI GUYS]

fantastic pic face...:eek2: :eek2: its looks so good!
R

[Face81]

Location map from the papers:

http://i3.tinypic.com/x1wzlh.jpg

ps - I had to darken the text.

[DUBAI]

:rofl: Face that deffinatly isnt the space needle!

but i do love the design of it.

[DUBAI]

That project with replicas will turn Dubai into a real Disneyland. I like Dubai, and development over there amazes me, but this project is greatly disappointing. :ohno:

THIS

PROJECT

ISNT

IN

DUBAI

CITY

[Face81]

:rofl: Face that deffinatly isnt the space needle!

but i do love the design of it.

fine, it was worth a guess, but the one in the distance could be the Seattle Needle? :dunno:

Cant recognise it, though... wonder what it is meant to be....

[AltinD]

i am really glad this is in dubailand and not in Dubai because it would have killed the image of Dubai. I do think spending a 100bn dollars on just a theme park though is way too much. Thats larger than most countries GNI.

Can't people just READ what is written where they are CLICKING? :sleepy:

[AltinD]

maybe not, but I don't think they spend enough on yaughts. Maybe this time, build one bigger than an aircarrier.

Bigger then an aircarrier is imposible, but at 150 meters long, Sheikh Mohammed's new "youht" under construction, is longer and bigger then anything done before. :tongue2:

[mookieflookie]

This is the BIGGEST load of elephant diahorreha I've ever seen.

I agree fully with Adiks. Spending a 100 billion dollars on self absorbtion is a crime when in africa children are fed gruel once a day and forced to walk several km to and from school - if they are lucky to even be able to access a school.

Dubai sucks and I have no respect and interest for this land of rich, selfish bastardry.

filth and scum at its best

racist dog

[THE DUBAI GUYS]

ok i did some work...singapore and AD werent left out...lol...also found the moon hotel i think and wat i have marked looks like the Empire state building...

http://i2.tinypic.com/x21esi.jpg

http://i1.tinypic.com/x21ezt.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/x21f8i.jpg

R

[samsonyuen]

Wow, that's amazing. Is there going to be that much of a tourism boom?

[Makedonec]

WOW, This is unbelievable.. :eek2: :eek2:

[TroyBoy]

They sould copy a hotel from Las Vegas that copys another city, now that would be weird.

[dubaiflo]

Wow, that's amazing. Is there going to be that much of a tourism boom?


8m in 2005, supposed to be 15m in 2010.

occupancy rate is the highest in the world, and so are the prices, just behind paris on 2nd place.

[matherto]

Dubai needs to create some rivers and build some amazing looking bridges, and can anyone post pictures of Dubais airport? I've never seen it, but with all the tourism and the stop offs to Australia, Thailand etc, from the west, I'd imagine it'd be hug

[malec]

8m in 2005? I thought it was 6.2

[Marcanadian]

I just found 2IFC :no:

http://tinypic.com/x26s2a.jpg

[hella good]

i really dont like the idea of copying the worlds most famous landmarks... i find it insulting to the origionals.... as well as tacky

[stadiumfuture]

Is it the same (hight) scale of the original one.

[Krazy]

Dubai needs to create some rivers and build some amazing looking bridges, and can anyone post pictures of Dubais airport? I've never seen it, but with all the tourism and the stop offs to Australia, Thailand etc, from the west, I'd imagine it'd be hug

Our leader is ten steps ahead of you. Do you know about the Waterfront project and Arabian Canal (the largest man made canal that will run through the key areas of new dubai) ?

Watch this sales video for Dubai Waterfront
http://www.dubaiwaterfront.ae/video/video_web.wmv

or visit this thread
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=174742&page=1

[malec]

Most likely not, but that's something we all have to wait for

[hella good]

i hope to god this never happens!

[malec]

I really doubt they would. Even with $27bn imagine how much it would cost to build them all to their full height. Aswell the fact that some hotels resemble world towers isn't even a top priority in this project. This is more for the entertainment and stuff.

[dubaiflo]

8m in 2005? I thought it was 6.2

it was 6.2m staying in hotels, so this figure fits better here actually :)

[zee]

so wat does this asia asia hotel look like?

[yrkn]

i seriously need to buy a hydroelectric car
and stop paying for gas!!!!
i dont know how much more bullshit is going to be built :runaway:

[Krazy]

Please do buy a hydroelectric car. It's better for the environment and it won't affect Dubai at all since it's not an oil based economy :)

[Zaki]

Can't people just READ what is written where they are CLICKING? :sleepy:

yo calm yourself. It was a typo, i meant ta say 100bn dinars. Which still means the same thing. 27bn dollars on a park is too much.

[scorpion]

:eek2:

:eek2:

:eek2:

:eek2:


:crazy2: :crazy: :uh: :hammer:

[lexicon506]

Just as I had predicted....Welcome to the Las Vegas of the Middle East! Why can't Dubai stop trying to supersize American-like developments and actually retain its own identity!!!???

[DUBAI]

If you had read more than 2 posts you might realise that this project is in a thme park, a couple of KM's away from Dubai city.

Its 'upstate dubai' if you will.

[Harkeb]

The rich oil fuckers send oil prices sky high to built these shite? I think those minute arab states should burn in their oil and arrogance.

[Harkeb]

thirdly, this project will allow people to see some of the worlds best architecture together... great for those of you who are skyscraper fans

fourthly, isnt it better to see the structures in a large scale; rather than as models.

Yes it is a rip off, but that is the point. it is a global replica. It isnt part of dubai city, its a resort, and as a skyscraper fan, it is the best one possible!

This is certainly no good architecture. Imitations can never be good! Dubai has become one big theme park. FAKE with no idendity! I, as a scarper fan, would not want to go there to see this shite. POINT!

[jamesinclair]

Its funny (and sad) how quickly some of you overreact. Oh noes, theres a replica of the eifel tower in las vegas. Its not the end of the world.

Some guy with money wants to build a rich guy. How does he get people to go? By making 1 trip feel like dozens of trip. Most people cant afford to visit all these cities, but Dubai can afford to bring it to them.

Theyre replicas, not ripoffs. Homages to the original work.

[luv2bebrown]

This is certainly no good architecture. Imitations can never be good! Dubai has become one big theme park. FAKE with no idendity! I, as a scarper fan, would not want to go there to see this shite. POINT!
lol
youre saying the city is fake because its building a theme park out in the desert with a strip of replica towers?
idiot.

[luv2bebrown]

The rich oil fuckers send oil prices sky high to built these shite? I think those minute arab states should burn in their oil and arrogance.

lol
they need to improve education wherever it is that you live

[UAE_CONDOR]

The have replicas of in the US ? why not Dubai - but this time just done much bigger and better - Dubai style.

http://www.koalie.net/Walks/200310-CA-J8/20031005115606-med.jpg

http://www.koalie.net/Walks/200310-CA-J8/20031005130916-med.jpg


Las Vegas cope towers - dubai cope citys
cope of las vagas in DUBAI
http://i3.tinypic.com/x21f8i.jpg

[_zner_]

woah... theyre bringing the world close together..

[Harkeb]

lol
they need to improve education wherever it is that you live
By your name, I guess you pulled it out of the horse's arse! So fuck off on the horse you came from! :bash:

[The-Real-Link]

Well after reading the 10 pages of this thread needless to say I'm shocked. I was first thinking that this is more of a joke than anything but now can atleast understand there are serious plans to build and develop this plan.

The first thing I thought and kept repeating was "Vegas" but at one point, I too felt almost insulted that they're planning to build a replica of almost every major skyscraper in this project - however the height as others mentioned is the key factor. It's difficult to weigh the opinions of allowing locals to see the world so to speak if they can't afford to travel but also I can understand how many would come across this idea and feel angry or insulted or that Dubai was trying to be too self-centered or unoriginal...

The fact that this is a phase of Dubailand however, greatly lessens my worries now. Really it can be thought of as another Vegas or Disneyland but just in Dubai and of course on a more insane scale. Though yes, that's a LOT of money, in the scope of what all countries have used tremendous amounts of money for, I don't see this being out of line in a sense to any other individual's or government's cause. Really, they're helping the tourism industry and ensuring that they have an extremely viable revenue stream on other than oil so that's good. Whether it's the *right* way to go empowering a change - by building a mini-city of landmarks, is debatable.

The one good thing though is that I would have to ask many skyscraper enthusiasts: How many of us have spent time building lego cities or model towers? How many have put in every skyscraper model in their ultimate Sim City city or ever drew or modeled many of the world's tallest buildings together in one place? I know I have, and if you look at it from a skyscraper fan's perspective, it appears to be a wonderful thing indeed... even if it is tacky.

As long as it stays seperate and doesn't affect the city itself, I guess I could live with it ^^.

[AltinD]

By your name, I guess you pulled it out of the horse's arse! So fuck off on the horse you came from! :bash:

Thank god for us you choose Seoul over Dubai. One moron white supremacist racist biggot less in town. :runaway:

[Skyman]

Thanks for the interesting news, this idea is really cool...

[Krazy]

Thanks to Imre

Today , Arabian Travel Market

http://i2.tinypic.com/x3bo5f.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/x3bod1.jpg

http://i2.tinypic.com/x3bona.jpg

[pedang]

:crazy:

[jonovision]

Now if anything is scary it's that giant Barney they have in the first pic of the last post!

[enjoi]

insane...

[Aboveday]

what a skyscraper orgy...lol

[Face81]

OMG!!!!!

The whole World in Dubai!!!! :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

[Face81]

^^ Barney is WAAAAAYYYYY too big for the London Eye II (Dubai)


:rofl:

[luv2bebrown]

By your name, I guess you pulled it out of the horse's arse! So fuck off on the horse you came from! :bash:

go back to school

[Face81]

^^ Just attempted to count the floors on the Empire State building and I counted 126! :eek2:

[Face81]

Ok, I think I might be going mad, now......

BUT after further inspection, I have spotted the Dusit Dubai, Emirates Towers and UP's, The Tower!!!!!!!! :crazy2:

[Qatar4Ever]

I cant help the fact that Barney is there... the mo fo who designed this must of been stoned off his ass

[malec]

terrible. they're taller than the originals, the ultimate disrespect.

[Face81]

terrible. they're taller than the originals, the ultimate disrespect.

Except the Burj Dubai, which seems modestly short! :runaway:

[nygirl]

Man, vegas is nothing like this. Vegas is bad taste yeah, it's not this complex. And for the most part their eiffle tower and esb don't look too much like the originals.
I really like the idea of Dubai. I love the ambition. But they are stealing our identities. Fuck them. Done.

[AltinD]

To much strong words for a girl. :nono:

[malec]

Man, vegas is nothing like this. Vegas is bad taste yeah, it's not this complex. And for the most part their eiffle tower and esb don't look too much like the originals.
I really like the idea of Dubai. I love the ambition. But they are stealing our identities. Fuck them. Done.
:yes:

They might as well throw in the world trade centre too.

[dubaiflo]

this project rocks. the model is cool.

and remember it is still only a cheap random model.

[Puntagorda]

woah... theyre bringing the world close together..
i think those millions of international tourist spending their whole holidays within a sealed, perfect plastic world will just raise global ignorance and egocentrism, like in any similar place in the world.
:ohno:

They might as well throw in the world trade centre too.
yeah, and 9/11 will be part of the daily fireworks show...

[THE DUBAI GUYS]

absolutley magnificent!!!!! i love it! obviously it will look less clutterd then that and yes Face i see ET, the Dusit and the Tower...they look like they are only abt 10 floors though when compared to the rest...and how can the Petronas twins have 3250 rooms each...its impossible...the bank of china, taipei 101 and Yomaha tower has to be included in the Asia Asia hotel as well!

love the gate buildings btw!

R

[MandarinManMark]

Woah! That model is absolutely ridiculous! I've been trying to decide whether I like the project or not since I first heard of it two days ago, and I have to admit, it's been growing on me. First I was shocked and thought it was terrible, but seeing that it's in a theme park, and seeing those latest photos of the model on the last page, I think I'm starting to like this project! It'll sure be a sight to behold when it's completed. And it looks like the replicate towers are only a small portion of this project, I see lots of crazy looking original skyscrapers in there! Although I do understand why so many people are angry about it though (I felt a bit uneasy about it at first). I just hope they have enough tourists to support all of those hotels and stuff! I have two comments:

I'm dissappointed the CN tower did not make it in the model since I'm from Toronto! Waah!

And also, in the first picture on the last page... is it just me, or are those giant trees with lowrise treehouses in them?!

[huit]

a very disappointing project!

[Azn_chi_boi]

Why would Dubai waste 27 billion dollars, while there is people dying of hunger and diseases... I mean 27 Billion, not million....so sad...

[DG]

Why would Dubai waste 27 billion dollars, while there is people dying of hunger and diseases... I mean 27 Billion, not million....so sad...

plz don't make me laugh

[malec]

Woah! That model is absolutely ridiculous! I've been trying to decide whether I like the project or not since I first heard of it two days ago, and I have to admit, it's been growing on me. First I was shocked and thought it was terrible, but seeing that it's in a theme park, and seeing those latest photos of the model on the last page, I think I'm starting to like this project! It'll sure be a sight to behold when it's completed. And it looks like the replicate towers are only a small portion of this project, I see lots of crazy looking original skyscrapers in there! Although I do understand why so many people are angry about it though (I felt a bit uneasy about it at first). I just hope they have enough tourists to support all of those hotels and stuff! I have two comments:

I'm dissappointed the CN tower did not make it in the model since I'm from Toronto! Waah!

And also, in the first picture on the last page... is it just me, or are those giant trees with lowrise treehouses in them?!

I hated it at first, then thought it was OK, and now I hate it again!

[luv2bebrown]

Why would Dubai waste 27 billion dollars, while there is people dying of hunger and diseases... I mean 27 Billion, not million....so sad...

please contact your congressman. tell him how unhappy you are that your government is spending $650 billion + each year on defense and war

[heavyzakura334]

Dubai is toooooo much. It has gotten ridiculous like Las Vegas...

[Bikes]

Its one thing to argue about a war, and its another to waste money on adults kiddiegarden. The Palms, DIFC, Marina, Ranches, Burj, Dubailand etc are all great and unique projects, why the hell do they need this? This is really over the limit. This project is childish.

[elliot]

Shouldn't there be a "total embarrassment mercy clause" that would allow threads like this to be hidden or closed? I'm trying to stop laughing but it's... just.... so... damn... funny................

[malec]

:D

I wonder if they'll update the project and add the SWFC, ICC, freedom tower, fordham spire etc when they're done :D

[spyguy]

Now if anything is scary it's that giant Barney they have in the first pic of the last post!

NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! They can have all the skyscrapers in the world, but not a 400 ft tall Barney!

[european]

One more close look at all the supertalls.

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/1739/021gl.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[MandarinManMark]

Hey, in this picture, the skybridge between the copy of the Petronas has a sign that says "Asia Asia" Is this this Asia Asia hotel?

[nygirl]

:yes:

They might as well throw in the world trade centre too.


I absolutely respect Dubai's ambition to go against the grain.
Palm Jumeirah-
Burj Dubai-
Burj al arab-
Sheik Zayed Road-
The countless magnificent projects.
They are all absolutely stunning, and I have defended their Integrity when others put it down in the past. Ever since i heard of this place i was enamoured. I found it to be very interesting and tried to find out as much as i could so when i came here i could appreciate learning what was going on from the perspective of someone living there BUT I think this project is Discraceful, Distasteful, and a total blow to the places they are copying.
Las Vegas creates very crappy, yet colorful, and unrealistic versions of other places around the world.
Dubai is now going to go to great lengths to make them look just like, if not close to versions of landmarks around the world. I am not stupid either I realize it's for fun and they are nothing more than Hotels in a theme park, still they look accurate enough to consider Rip off. Will the esb be built in glass? Will the Golden Gate Bridge be as tall? How about the Oriental Pearl Tower and BOC? They look like they are built to scale.
And someone said it before.. War and an adult playground are 2 totally different things to be wasting 27 B on.
All in all i think this is very PIGGISH. COUNT ME OUT.

To much strong words for a girl. :nono:

Are you serious??? <^>

[Jules]

I just hope they don't steal any of our buildings

[Peter The Great]

The worst thing about this project is that it's not timeless. In 50 years...most of those skyscrapers will be insignificant, as the world is just beginning to build super tall. The replicas of ancient structures are more appropriate but I still don't approve. Dubai is becoming a sugar coated fantasy land with absolutley no class or taste. I think I'm going to be sick.

[CrazyCanuck]

Geez, with all of these crazy announcements from Dubai I don't know what to expect next. Aiport city, and now this. Next thing you know you'll be reading

"The Saudi royal family announce's Dubai: Al Bawadi II. The same thing just 5 minutes closer to the airport for your convience! All exact replicas of the replicas 5 minutes further away!"

or

" Slum city! Dubai announces slum city, a 6 bn dollar development. Come see a real slum only 50% less dangerous than a real one!"

[SaRaJeVo-City]

Well looking at the models not all of these replicas look like the originals, for example Petronas dont look a like, and not to talk amout Taipei 101, bu then again these are models.

[drmadham]

eh..

My biggest complaint is if they make them taller than the originals. future monopoly of best skyscrapers?

[heavyzakura334]

finally others agree that Dubai is taking it toooo far.

Look, you can spend all the $ you have on endless extravagantly luxurious billion dollar complexes

(though I would prefer that the UAE invest in Palestine, Oman, Yemen, Somalia etc...you know, help others out?)

BUT-
anything can be killed if it's taken too far. This project is tacky, cliche, kitsch!

I'm going to boycott Dubai if they actually build this...I mean, first of all, THIS CITY HAS NO STYLE (this project is a confirmation of it) but this?! this?!----overkill.

C'est fini! ils on tue le grateciel...

[jamesinclair]

These new pictures are amazing. I see the tower of pisa, ancient roman buildings, european castles, modern stadiums...theyre going for everything.

The only WTF thing is the giant barney...seriously, WTF?

The whole project looks amazing. Can you imagine visiting? "so do you guys want to go visit the golden gate bridge today and then hit the eifel tower? Or should we stop for the buffet at the Asia-Asia hotel?

The only thing missing are replicas of cruise boats.

Incidently, I dont think this wilkl be built to scale. Just because a building has 124 levels of windows, doesnt mean 124 floors. Maybe 2 windows per floor, or even using the disney effect (building gets smaller as it gets higher)

Also, why are some of you refering to a COUNTRY as a person? Dubai this, Dubai that. Its a developer thats making an investment, not a country.

"Im going to boycott Dubai" :D Yeah, Im sure theyre worried you wont be sending them anymore cash.

[CrazyCanuck]

Answer me this Jamesinclair, since when is Dubai a country?

[robertee]

Answer me this Jamesinclair, since when is Dubai a country?

Answer me this, What does the Saudi royal family have to do with Dubai and this project? :sleepy:

Geez, with all of these crazy announcements from Dubai I don't know what to expect next. Aiport city, and now this. Next thing you know you'll be reading

"The Saudi royal family announce's Dubai: Al Bawadi II. The same thing just 5 minutes closer to the airport for your convience! All exact replicas of the replicas 5 minutes further away!"

or

" Slum city! Dubai announces slum city, a 6 bn dollar development. Come see a real slum only 50% less dangerous than a real one!"

[heavyzakura334]

Look, boycott or not, whatever, all I am saying is that Dubai (the city/government/emirate) and the developer of Al Bawadi killed it. Look, Vegas sucks and that is why we don't need another one.

Personally this project is on my shitlist. They can spend their money on shit and onions for all I care, but people should realize that this project:
#1 lacks originality
#2 is an eyesore
#3 the range of buildings they chose sucks.
#4 should be dropped especially because of the fucken Barney...

I don't know, but those fucken developers are smoking crack...and Sheikh Mohammed knows it, you can see it in his eyes.

o..by the way, I don't think that the realestate boom and the prosperity in Dubai will continue for long...maybe you guys should post about new universities being built...or new technologies being invented...

[satit28]

if they wanted it to be the center of hospitality...........they shoild build something original......instead of copying start something new something iconic..........
dont let those 27 billion go to waste on some 2nd version of a skyscraper that already exist.............

[malec]

maybe you guys should post about new universities being built...or new technologies being invented
;)

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=345009

[city of the future]

I absolutely respect Dubai's ambition to go against the grain.
Palm Jumeirah-
Burj Dubai-
Burj al arab-
Sheik Zayed Road-
The countless magnificent projects.
They are all absolutely stunning, and I have defended their Integrity when others put it down in the past. Ever since i heard of this place i was enamoured. I found it to be very interesting and tried to find out as much as i could so when i came here i could appreciate learning what was going on from the perspective of someone living there BUT I think this project is Discraceful, Distasteful, and a total blow to the places they are copying.
Las Vegas creates very crappy, yet colorful, and unrealistic versions of other places around the world.
Dubai is now going to go to great lengths to make them look just like, if not close to versions of landmarks around the world. I am not stupid either I realize it's for fun and they are nothing more than Hotels in a theme park, still they look accurate enough to consider Rip off. Will the esb be built in glass? Will the Golden Gate Bridge be as tall? How about the Oriental Pearl Tower and BOC? They look like they are built to scale.
And someone said it before.. War and an adult playground are 2 totally different things to be wasting 27 B on.
All in all i think this is very PIGGISH. COUNT ME OUT.

Are you serious??? <^>
I agree with you 100%! I live in Dubai and its the city that got me into skyscrapers, when they came up with original designs. But sorry this project is wrong in every way! Why build two friken BD's the second one looks to scale, did not count the floors but I will. Now i wish i was living in a city like New York or Toronto instead.

[AltinD]

Whoever here talking about Dubai "wasting" money with this project instead of helping the poors around a world, is a ignorant ...

Whoever said that is better spending 650 Billions in wars (for killing hundreds of thousands people and destrying entire countries and World's stability) then 27B in development is a freaking moronic idiot, as simple as that. :bash:

[joobn]

Isn't this development meant to be the next "du-vegas"? I think it won't work unless they legalise gambling, even moderatley even in just a few hotels!!! come on dubai! think about what you need before you build it!

[Biakko]

Yeah ! Legalize Poker (or at least the Hold'em no limit :lol: )

[malec]

What I think is such a pity is that for most people, when they go to Dubai in the future, this project would be all they'd remember (for all the wrong reasons of course). The only reason they'd remember burj dubai is because they saw it twice in the same city.

[malec]

quick count at the floors of the "supertalls"

The BD in here is about 160 f, basically a clone
Yokohama Landmark Tower is 70 f, another clone
Heres where it gets worse, the Asia Asia Petronas towers are both about 140f in height
Bank of China is approximately 80, another clone,
And Taipei 101 throws me off, it looks taller but has about 85 or 170 floors dont know about the scale as some of the buildings throw me off likethat complex of 3 identitcal buildings.
Another note is nitice the poeple next to the BD, they are about the same size as a worker next to the REAL BD.
Very dissapointed to have 500m+ (fake)towers
:sleepy:

[Biakko]

Please stop this madness !

[Krazy]

The worst thing about this project is that it's not timeless. In 50 years...most of those skyscrapers will be insignificant, as the world is just beginning to build super tall. The replicas of ancient structures are more appropriate but I still don't approve.

I agree..what are they gonna do when most of these skyscrapers will have any significance or attraction in 20-30 years time?

[THE DUBAI GUYS]

can u beleive that the tender is out already!!!!

Name : Bawadi Project
Description : Development of (31 Nos.) hotels, with a total of 29,200 rooms, more than 100 theaters and 1,500 restaurants.

Territory : Dubai
Status : New Tender
Category : Prestige Buildings Hotels
Public Works, Roads & Earthworks

Date : 5/2/2006

R

[nygirl]

Whoever here talking about Dubai "wasting" money with this project instead of helping the poors around a world, is a ignorant ...

Whoever said that is better spending 650 Billions in wars (for killing hundreds of thousands people and destrying entire countries and World's stability) then 27B in development is a freaking moronic idiot, as simple as that. :bash:


OMG U LIVE IN FANTASY LAND.
YOU CANNOT STOP WAR. IT SUCKS. IT'S HELL.
IT STILL EXISTS AND IT WILL FOREVER.

There is a need in war. Money. Money for the weapons, money for the medics, money for the rebuilding.
I personally do not agree with this war. It's done though, do you realize you can't turn back. Once you've gone in, you have to finish it. You have to pay for what you destroy. We are paying for that. It's not just kill kill kill, leave everyone to suffer.
This is a playground. For some selfish pigs to claim a title and "be the best".
Hardly, and NEVER.
Amazing, yes.. but even making something so exstravagant as the worlds biggest and tallest doesn't make it any more wonderful than those who do things in Taste, and not haste. I also personally feel this free economy is jumping into things way too fast. Booms do not last forever.
It surely, and most certainly is only a matter of time before this place turns into see- through buildings. I agree spend the money on something more plausable.
What a waste and shame. Not to me. But to you who agree with this, and you who live in this.

Sorry to the overly sensitive.

[Erebus555]

Is it the original or are they building a second version of the Burj Dubai? I found another picture. It is very poor quality and doesn't really give much of an insight but I can see an Ancient Egyptian influence:
http://www.7days.ae/wp-content/files/Image/2006/05/02/newb1.jpg

I also hear that all the hotels will be themed. One will be called La Musica Hotel which offers guests to live like their pop idols!

Ooh just found another picture:
http://www.dnaindia.com/imageshow.asp?objid=1027571

Dubai is taking it too far now though. It's too much. Here comes the eatern Vegas. It should be called Al Vegas now.

[dubaiflo]

i like the project, again, i hated it at first but the longer i look at it the more i like it.

i am still convinced not everything will look like in the model in the end, that is for sure..