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Promise of riches threatens rural idyll as a new Vegas is planned in rural Spain

"...A huge swath of land that stretches beyond the horizon of low-lying hills is being bought up by a British company which plans to transform the scrub and dusty arable land into a cross between Las Vegas and Orlando.

"...The Gran Scala project, if it goes ahead, will cover 11 sq miles - creating a city the size of Bath with 18 theme parks, 70,000 hotel rooms, 65,000 workers, and 15 million visitors a year.

"...While local politicians back a project to create the region's second largest city out of nothing, campaigners claim it will bring moral and environmental ruin to this placid district.

"...Most of the 600 people in sleepy Ontiñena, however, seem delighted. Big city lawyers have arrived, exchanging contracts for plots of land at up to 30 times market value..."

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