Add a casino and this would do well in Vegas. OK, so you’d need a lake. A big lake. Hmmm… Lake Mead and Hoover Dam aren’t too far away….
Hydropolis – The World’s First Underwater Hotel
Currently under construction in Dubai, Hydropolis is the world’s first luxury underwater hotel. It will include three elements: the land station, where guests will be welcomed, the connecting tunnel, which will transport people by train to the main area of the hotel, and the 220 suites within the submarine leisure complex.
It is one of the largest contemporary construction projects in the world, covering an area of 260 hectares, about the size of London’s Hyde Park.
“Hydropolis is not a project; it’s a passion,” enthuses Joachim Hauser, the developer and designer of the hotel. His futuristic vision is about to take shape 20m below the surface of the Arabian Gulf, just off the Jumeirah Beach coastline in Dubai. The £300 million, 220-suite hotel is due to open at the end of 2007 and will incorporate a host of innovations that will take it far beyond the original blueprint for an underwater complex worthy of Jules Verne.
and then click HERE for the Hydropolis website.
That is really cool, I would have some issues about the safety of it, but then again I watch way too much Sci-fi programming.
I’ve heard about this. I actually think it is going to be cool.
There’s a giant lens flare on it. You sure this isn’t a screenshot for a new game? 😉
Dubai nutballs.
I feel an urge to sing the Beatles “Yellow Submarine”
Leave it to the folks in Dubai to construct another fantastic building. They already have Burj al Arab (the sailboat hotel) and have laid down the groundwork for Dubai Tower (soon to be the world’s tallest building) Bravo to the U.A.E. for all these wonderful construction projects. Too bad it is so damn hot there.
Why couldn’t this be in Florida?
WTF??
“The land belongs to His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, and was his last free beach property on this stretch of coast.”
Its good to be King! [General, Sheik, Crown Prince, whatever]
and
“The upper storeys of the land station house a variety of facilities, including a cosmetic surgical clinic, a marine biological research laboratory and conference facilities.”
Which proves Michael Jackson was the “design consultant”. 🙂
http://www.click2houston.com/entertainment/6185451/detail.html