From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: sdlitvin@earthlink.net   
   Subject: Star Trek theme park planned for Aqaba, Jordan   
      
   'Star Trek' theme park to arrive in the near future   
      
   By Mark R. Bryant, msnbc.com contributor   
      
      
   rCLScotty, beam us to Jordan.rCY   
      
   Sometime in 2014, a theme park in the coastal town of Aqaba will open    
   its doors to Trekkies everywhere reA at least to those who can afford    
   the cost of 21st century travel.   
      
   It turns out that King Abdullah II of Jordan is a huge rCLStar TrekrCY    
   fan. (When he was prince, he had a nonspeaking role in rCLStar Trek:    
   Voyager.rCY)   
      
   The king, through his King Abdullah II Fund for Development, is the main    
   local investor of the $1.5 billion project, according to The National,    
   an Abu Dhabi-based newspaper.   
      
   The Red Sea Astrarium, the planned 184-acre entertainment resort, will    
   feature a rCL'Star Trek'-themed center that will deliver a variety of    
   multi-sensory futuristic experiences, culminating with a state-of-the    
   art space-flight adventure that takes real-time immersive entertainment    
   experiences to bold new heights,rCY according to the developer, Rubicon    
   Group Holding.   
      
   But the theme park isnrCOt betting its future on science fiction. The    
   site will also highlight the regionrCOs rich history, and host a    
   pavilion where businesses, students and others can learn about green    
   energy, such as solar, wind and graywater harvesting. And to be all    
   things to all tourists, the Middle East resort will also offer five-star    
   accommodations, theater, fine dining, shopping and other non-futuristic    
   amenities.   
      
   CBS Consumer Products, which is licensing Star Trek to the park, also    
   continues to feed the Trekkie appetite this year with clothing, board    
   games, character busts and collectables, and reA cue the showrCOs theme    
   music  reA  the first rCLStar TrekrCY-themed Mr. Potato Head!   
      
   Um, just point us to the holodeck.   
      
   http://tinyurl.com/3lbd2w3   
      
   A drawing of the plan is here:   
      
   http://tinyurl.com/42cc779   
      
      
      
   -- Steven L.   
      
      
      
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