Real Madrid’s Island Resort.

No no, seriously. This is happening. Let’s get the facts out of the way first…

It’s a $1 billion holiday resort in the United Arab Emirates
It’s set to open in 2015
The funding will be supported by the government of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah
It includes a marina, luxury hotels and villas, an amusement park, a club museum and a futuristic 10,000-seat stadium with one side open to the sea
The resort is expect to attract one million visitors in 2015 alone
There will be evil clones of all the players strewn across the island* (*not even remotely true, at least until 2019)

First of all, my mind is blown at the mere prospect of a Real Madrid resort, never mind an amusement park with rollercoasters. Secondly, this is either awesome or the absolute worst thing that has happened to football. It’s too early to tell, but no one could have predicted anything like this coming into existence even 15 years ago. Ah, Real Madrid leading modern football to new heights once again.