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Cirque du Soleil Does Dubai
The Cirque du Soleil is to begin a 15 year run in Dubai after branching out to the middle east. Nakheel has signed an exclusive multi-million dollar 15-year deal with Cirque du Soleil to have a permanent venue and show at the heart of the Palm Jumeirah.
The venue will be the only permanent Cirque show outside the US, China, and Japan – “a major coup for Dubai,” claims Nakheel CEO Chris O’Donnell. “We will have the Atlantis Hotel, Trump tower and now the Cirque du Soleil, three iconic buildings and entertainment venues on the Palm Jumeirah”. Cirque du Soleil made its first appearance in Dubai at the beginning of this year from January 4 and ran an extended two-month long run of shows.
Their permanent show in Las Vegas called ‘O’ opened in 1997 and every show has played to full houses for thirteen years bringing in seven million people. People often plan their holidays around their viewing of the show. This is the desired effect for the Dubai version.
But this the deal was signed back in 2007 before the global economic meltdown. Will people still be prepared to fly to Dubai now that money is much tighter? Here is what they had to say to BBC News:
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