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Fabled Atlantis Emerges From The Persian Gulf

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 21, 2008

Updated: 11/21/2008 12:44 am

DUBAI - Dubai developers threw a $20 million party Thursday complete with Hollywood celebrities Robert DeNiro and Charlize Theron and fireworks that lit up the evening sky.

The party, which was headlined by Australian pop star Kylie Minogue in her Middle East debut, was to celebrate a new $1.5 billion marine-themed resort built off the Persian Gulf coast on an artificial island shaped like a palm tree.

Celebrities and stars such as Michael Jordan, Lindsay Lohan, Wesley Snipes, Mary Kate Olsen, Shirley Bassey and others were on hand for the festivities.

"When you consider $20 million, it's a lot of money until you consider it up against establishing a $1.5 billion resort," said Sol Kerzner, chairman of Kerzner International, which owns the hotel.

On the hotel's top floor, a three-bedroom, three-bathroom suite complete with a gold-leaf, 18-seat dining table is on offer for $25,000 a night.

The 113-acre resort is dedicated to family entertainment with a giant tank with 65,000 fish, stingrays and other sea creatures, including a rare whale-shark and two dozen bottlenose dolphins.

The Associated Press

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