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Euro Vegas in Spain

October 2, 2012

Das größte Kasino-Projekt Europas weckt im krisengeschüttelten Spanien neue Hoffnung. Geschätzte 20 Milliarden Euro sollen vor den Toren Madrids in einen gigantischen Glücksspiel- und Ferienkomplex investiert werden. Rund 200.000 neue Arbeitsplätze könnten entstehen.

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Casino giant Sands Corp has chosen Alcorcón - a suburb of Madrid - for a multi-billion dollar gambling resort project dubbed "EuroVegas". While the deal may bring thousands of jobs to a country suffering 25-percent unemployment, it has provoked outrage among those who suffer under Spain's austerity measures and point to mega-projects like this which they say were responsible for the country's current debt problems. Report by Michael Altenhenne.