‘Disneyland’ comes to Baghdad with multi-million pound entertainment park

The $1 million skateboard park will open in July. 200,000 skateboards will be shipped from the US and given away free to Iraqi children.

Llewellyn Werner admits he is facing obstacles most amusement park developers never have to deal with – insurgent attacks and looting. When you are building an amusement park in downtown Baghdad, those risks come with the territory.

Mr Werner, chairman of C3, a Los Angeles-based holding company for private equity firms, is pouring millions of dollars into developing the Baghdad Zoo and Entertainment Experience, a massive American-style amusement park that will feature a skateboard park, rides, a concert theatre and a museum. It is being designed by the firm that developed Disneyland. “The people need this kind of positive influence. It’s going to have a huge psychological impact,” Mr Werner said.
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And a Starbucks. And a McDonalds. And Niketown. And a Coke and a smile.

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