Paramount Park Spain
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I don't know if it will ever be built but if I had a spare million or two I would certainly invest as I think it is a fantastic project with fantastic prospects. As for some of the comments regarding earthquakes etc, Disneyland is in California which has massive earthquakes and that hasn't done too bad. With the weather in Murcia and the infrastructure I think it is the perfect place for a park of this kind. Anyone who has a million or two they don't want let me know!

Very interesting reading the last post, very negative, but probably correct. It would be nice to have a park nearby, but I am not too bothered either way, I still firmly believe that the local govt should push ahead with this as it would provide stimulus in the local economy, construction jobs and services industry. I also believe that the park could attract enough people to visit as Murcia has nothing like this. Disneyland Paris works and they have crap weather. The area of Murcia has the potential to grow into a popular tourist destination, I am not sure about the comment regarding water supply, but all I know is our water pressure on Condado is better than here in England.

Jesus Samper and Pedro Cruz and their friends have travelled the world and failed abysmally looking for foreign investors daft enough to waste their cash on Paramount Theme Park, all this on the extortionate amount of public money given to Premursa by Ramon Valcarcel (a relative of Cruz, who awarded himself a place as a PP minister in the European Parliament in this year's elections - and therefore gaining himself automatic immunity from any future criminal court proceedings!) and his regional government, Paramount Park doesn't have any foreign investment at all for simple reasons that were obvious from the beginning:

The site of the proposed development in Alhama de Murcia is an arid, ugly desert area far away from anywhere. There is insufficient drinking water to cater for a project of this size. There are no lakes nearby, the rainfall annually is negligible and water has to be brought in via canal from other regions. It's a good distance from the sea and any major beautiful city of interest, railway connections are very poor, and another of Valcarcel's disastrous white elephant mega-projects, Corvera Airport, is still unfinished, unwanted by airline companies, unopened, and with little chance of ever being commercially viable from International travellers income.

Not one theme park in Spain is financially profitable. All have tried and failed to attract sufficient visitor numbers.
If any hotels or houses actually ever get built on this site, visitors will have the delights of views and smells of the gigantic El Pozo slaughterhouse and pork products production plant to look forward to. In mid to late June all the farmers in the area spread concentrated chicken poo on their land too- the perfect enticement for people to travel across the globe to spend their holidays. Not! Agriculture and tourism just don't mix. People might be enticed to come to Murcia once after being sucked in by Photoshoped and computer generated publicity, but they won't be deceived to repeat the experience. There is currently no work going on at the site, despite the proclamations of Premursa and the promised opening date of 2015 is pure fiction. Why don't they ever show actual photos of the site? Because they are fully aware that they are lying through their teeth, that's why!

This part of the Murcia region also has continual seismic activity. Not so long ago the nearby town of Lorca was virtually destroyed in an earthquake that wasn't of particularly great magnitude. The worst damage was done to the newer buildings because the quality of construction was so poor, with negligible security measures built in to the construction. Some of the same bodgers/constructors will obviously be involved in building projects for this proposed project. Another reason to stay well away if you value the safety of your family.

Over the last ten to fifteen years there have been innumerable cases in Murcia where property purchasers were lied to and cheated by shameless promotors, estate agents, banks, notaries and solicitors who used computer generated images of what planned resorts would look like. The reality was always different once people had paid up front. They unwisely bought properties that were allegedly legal, but turned out to have been built on rustic non-buildable land and have lost all their investment. In some cases people have been fined, had their homes demolished and have returned to their countries of origin totally destitute, while the perpetrators of these hideous, scandalous crimes have got off scot-free and have no shame for what they have done and continue operating as if nothing ever happened.

In terms of Samper and his team trying to generate interest in Paramount, it is now obvious to all but them that possible investors can smell a rat and don't want to waste their money in a project that will almost certainly fail. But until Samper and his friends have spent all the millions and millions of our taxpayers' money on jollies around the world, bribes and gifts, then no one will call a halt to this folly.

The Virtual Tour shown in the Trade Fair of Fitur in Madrid:

http://themeparkzone.es/2014/07/05/parque-paramount-paseo-virtual-del-futuro-parque-tematico/

Just read today on the MurciaToday website that the Spanish government are now looking for 18 million euros from the European Regional Development Fund to help kickstart Paramount. They still don't have any private investors. If Brussels says no, then it may be goodnight Vienna for the project, which is such a shame. Is there anyone out there with a spare few millions that they don't need!?! It could be a decent investment, if managed properly.

Last Saturday we discovered the land of the project Paramount Park Murcia.

We walked around the site accompanied by the project's developers who explained the places where the different lands of the park will be.

We got a kit to beat the heat of Murcia:



We got a plan to know the position in the land:



Project's Masterplan on the land:



The land has already been cleared of trees and they have done preliminary works, they await the green light from the city of Alhama de Murcia to start working, green light could be given next July if all okay.

You can see more photos and explanations (in Spanish) here: [Parque Paramount] Visita de ThemeParkZone.es a los terrenos del futuro complejo

Is the Paramount Park project dead or is it still alive?

I have just returned from my first trip to Condado de Alhama and am considering buying. Why???? We'll to be honest I don't think the theme park will ever materialise based on the location, infrastructure, ongoing economic climate across Europe and basic lack of anything to do of any real interest socially nearby - Florida or Paris it certainly is not. That said, after every downturn comes a boom period and as we start to see signs of growth, this would be an ideal time to buy as the foundations for this particular development are in place. A theme park would be fantastic I agree and there has been talk of Russian and Chinese investors taking an interest but I am not buying on that basis - simply put, for £50k I can buy a nice 2 bed weekend retreat with a great golf course attached. If the park happens then happy days but I suspect the area will remain a dusty, barren landscape with the various holiday complexes dotted around for many years to come.

Glad to see someone has the right attitude.

Sorry to tell you all it's Ferrari Land in Barcelona they have invested in!