Dubai unveils plan to build £4.2bn resort that looks like the MOON

Plans have been drawn up for a huge lunar structure to be placed in Dubai, architects say it could attract more than 2.5 million visitors a year in its seaside resorts, nightclubs and casinos

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Moon Dubai: Plans unveiled for UAE's moon-themed resort

Dubai is hoping to embark on a bizarre and hugely expensive construction project to try to build a giant 'moon station' to bring space travel to Earth.

The city in the United Arab Emirates is known for its grand structures and ambitious construction plans such as the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa.

The moon-shaped mega-resort costs around the equivalent of £4.28 billion and hopes to attract 2.5 million visitors a year, complete with a nightclub and wellness centre.

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The huge size - the circumference of the sphere is predicted to be 622 meters - means it could well fetch over £1.5 billion in a single year.

Guests can enjoy the site by boarding the Lunar Shuttle which can ferry people around the property on a track that spirals up the center of the structure.

The huge structure hopes to bring in over £1 billion each year (

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Moon World Resorts Inc)

About 23% of the disc's upper floor will be occupied by casinos, 9% by nightclubs and 4% by restaurants.

The luxury terrace will be occupied for one third by a beach club, another third by lagoons and four percent by large amphitheaters.

If the project goes ahead, it will stretch more than 200 meters into the sky to a height slightly less than the size of One Canada Square in Canary Wharf, the third tallest building in the UK. United and largest when completed in 1991. .