Aragon is the start of the Gran Scala and expanding Cerler
February 27th, 2009
With just 48 hours apart, the community of Aragon presented to the public two macro leisure ability to attract thousands of tourists and transforming entire areas.
This is in Los Monegros Gran Scala and the expansion of the Cerler ski resort, two hours by car to a point in the other. But both projects are rejected by environmental groups, platforms ciudadadanas and certain political parties.
The draft was submitted yesterday Gran Scala Wednesday afternoon in the town of Ontiñena, Huesca. In this village of 630 inhabitants, the consortium ILD promoter now has over 1,000 hectares of land (see photo) and the process for acquisition of 1,500 hectares.
This consortium is comprised of companies in the world of play and leisure facilities. It is envisaged, for example, in Great Scala adjournment Spyland theme parks (recreate the world of spies) Spaceport (related to space adventure) and Park Realities (VR).
According ILD, Gran Scala will be "the leisure and entertainment park largest in Europe" when fully operational by 2020. The planned investment would amount to 17,000 million euros. ILD has made an initial contribution to start the project of 40 million euros.
This "entertainment city" in the middle of Los Monegros host ten-casino hotels, theme megaparques four middle and three, 25,000 hotel rooms and hundreds of restaurants and shops, according to ILD.
The first phase was launched in 2012 and construction could begin later this year. But it must be borne in mind that this first part will require an investment of 7.255 million euros. According ILD, Gran Scala expects to start with 5.5 million visitors in 2012 and reach 15 million in 2020.
The macro requires a special authorization from the Government of Aragon, who expected to approve within two months a Law Entertainment Centers High capabilities.
According to a survey released by the newspaper Heraldo de Aragón last January, 86% of the population of under five are in favor of Gran Scala is installed. However, the project is rejected by many environmentalists and social platforms, which have been rapidly through the Internet.
Instructing Norman Foster
Moreover, the study of architects Norman Foster will be responsible for designing the expansion of the ski resort of Cerler (photo), in the Pyrenees of Huesca. So the public has decided Aramón, owned by the Government of Aragon and Ibercaja,
The ski resort of Cerler, on February 24
responsible to operate the ski resorts of the community.
The new ski area will have an area of 457 hectares, 100 kilometers of new tracks and a minimum of 27 new lifts, with capacity for over 300,000 skiers. Aramón The Group will invest over 400 million euros in this new center.
Moreover, the new A-14 "decongest existing access Cerler and provide a new and excellent entry to the station from Barcelona and Lerida Levante", explain makers Aramon.
Moreover, Aramon estimated that the project will generate a demand for new housing as early as second homes, which will involve an investment of 300 million euros. Those houses that will be implemented in a minimum period of fifteen years, will be built around the existing 17 municipalities are always looking for their urban landscape and environment, "insists the company public.
Although the president of Aramon, Bono Francisco, argues that extending Cerler be "high aesthetic quality, functional, fully sustainable, which respects the landscape and the environment, the project has already been rejected by the Chunta Aragonesista (CHA) e Izquierda Unida.
For CHA, the expansion of Cerler encourage "urban hit" as it plans to build thousands of homes. In addition to criticism "is to bet on the seasonal crop and at the expense of the snow." Therefore, come to Parliament to try to stop the project.





































