Real Madrid reveal plans for $1bn resort and theme park in UAE – in pictures

The resort will be located on the artificial island of Al Marjan in the United Arab Emirates. It will feature sports facilities, a marina, luxury hotels, villas, an amusement park, a club museum and a futuristic 10,000-seat stadium with one side open to the sea Photograph: Handout/AFP/Getty Images The $1bn venture is set to be completed by 2015 Photograph: Handout/AFP/Getty Images A close-up of the marina Photograph: Handout/AFP/Getty Images 'It is a decisive and strategic step that will strengthen our institution in the middle east and Asia,' said Florentino Pérez, the Real president Photograph: Handout/AFP/Getty Images Some of the holiday villas Photograph: Handout/AFP/Getty Images One of the two luxury hotels and fireworks Photograph: Handout/AFP/Getty Images