经过长时间的考察和谈判，世界最大的赌场和会议运营商拉斯维加斯金沙集团美国当地时间7日发表公告，宣布欧洲拉斯维加斯将最终落户西班牙首都马德里。在此之前，拉斯维加斯金沙集团一直在马德里和另一个西班牙著名城市巴塞罗那之间犹豫。其发表的公告称，巴塞罗那是一个非常出色的旅游目的地，最终做出选择马德里的决定并不容易。

据西班牙媒体报道，欧洲拉斯维加斯项目的投资规模将高达170亿欧元，项目将从2016年起开工，2022年将完成建设工程。拉斯维加斯金沙集团预计，到2025年，欧洲拉斯维加斯项目将给西班牙创造300亿欧元的财富、超过26万个工作岗位，并将吸引约1100万游客。而综合西班牙媒体此前有关该项目的报道，一旦欧洲拉斯维加斯最终完成全部建设，无疑将成为马德里的一个庞然大物，它将占地超过6百万平方米，内有12个度假酒店（3.6万个房屋）、6座赌场（1.8万台角子机、超过1千张赌桌）、9座剧院、3个高尔夫球场、1个可以容纳1.5万名听众的音乐厅以及众多商店。

受经济危机和债务危机影响，西班牙的失业率始终居高不下。西班牙国家统计局2012年4月发布的数据显示，西班牙的失业人口超过500万，25岁以下年轻人的失业率更是接近50%。此外，自从2008年初西班牙房地产泡沫破裂以来，西班牙的建筑业和房地产业一直处于低迷状态。因此，欧洲拉斯维加斯项目对于西班牙经济和就业来说无疑是一剂强心剂。

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After a long time of study and negotiations, the world's largest casinos and meeting operators Las Vegas sands group the United States local time 7 published announcement, announced that the European Las Vegas will eventually settled in the Spanish capital Madrid. Before this, Las Vegas sands group has been in Madrid and another Spanish famous cities to decide between Barcelona. It published the announcement to say, Barcelona is a very excellent tourist destination, finally make a choice Madrid decision is not easy.

According to reports in Spain, the European Las Vegas project investment scale will be as high as 17 billion euros ($), the project will start since 2016, 2022 will finish construction project. Las Vegas sands corporation, which projects that by 2025, the European Las Vegas project will create to Spain 30 billion euros wealth, more than 260000 jobs, and will attract about 11 million visitors. And comprehensive Spanish media had reported about the project, once the European Las Vegas final completion of all construction, will undoubtedly become a Madrid a colossus, it covers an area of more than 6 million square meters, with 12 holiday hotel (36000 houses), 6 a casino (18000 sets a slot machine, more than 1 from the table), 9 seat theatre, three golf courses, one can accommodate 15000 audience hall as well as many shops.

By the economic crisis and debt crisis, Spain's unemployment rate always remains high. The Spanish national bureau of statistics April 2012 released data show that Spain's unemployment population of more than 5 million, 25 years old the following young man's unemployment rate is close to 50%. In addition, since early 2008 Spain since real estate bubble burst, Spanish construction and real estate industry has been in a recession. Therefore, the European Las Vegas project for the Spanish economy and employment it is undoubtedly a dose of cardiac.