Florentino Pérez is tarnishing the image of a legendary club and trying to add `mouse ears’ to it. Here’s a concept – play games and win titles.
Shockwaves were sent throughout the world when the Real Madrid president announced plans for the construction of a theme park in Miami and Beijing. Madrid fans should be in shock over this project. If he wants to, he can hire me in order to find out what rides the Merengue fans ride, since I have a couple of suggestions.
Bending like Beckham- A crazy, topsy-turvy rollercoaster shape like an Adidas Roteiro that takes you on a stomach-bending, head spinning experience that can give you a better idea as to how life is being “The Spice Boy”.
Ronaldo’s Magic Castle- The trademark of the Galáctico amusement park. A quasi-rococo bastion of decadence, models, and more decadence that attracts people from all walks of life. Here you can find a banquet hall where birthdays and bachelor parties can be celebrated, a miniature golf course, and a soccer field where you can emulate your idols’ trademark goal celebrations. Chicks dig goals.
The Zizou Magic Show- An interactive ride where you click the heels of your Adidas boots and you instantly begin playing like the French megastar. Moving and passing, juking and jiving every single player in the football world and leave them all at your feet- figuratively and literally.
The Beast- This ride will open soon. A ride where you will go at full speed and run over Carlos Puyol, Luis Perea, and other defenders in La Liga and score goals from every angle.
Galactinho- Robinho’s spin-o-rama where you try to defend the Brazilian phenom or you get so dizzy you have no idea where you are.
The Past Two Years- This would be a quick one, because there haven’t been any.
Block me if you can- In this entertaining game, one can try to stop a Roberto Carlos free kick, or for the really brave of heart – be the wall.
Iker’s Defense- Here the public plays defense for international goalkeeper Iker Casillas. Your job is too prevent your number one from being peppered with several shots a game. You might do just as good as the real thing. But watch out, if you’re too good they will not sign you.
Luxa’s Bootcamp- A stage show where Vanderlei will put everyone in shape, break their will or send them to Inter.
As crazy as this project sounds, it sounds feasible to be done in Beijing. It is a market that fully supports the Merengue nation, and has been part of the reason why this club is one of the richest in the world. Did you honestly think that Madrid went to China because they thought it would be cool to fly 19 hours together as a team to hang out at the Great Wall? Florentino Pérez isn’t sending his team there to find themselves spiritually. He is sending them there to sell jerseys- nothing more, nothing less. The Chinese know this and they are hungry for quality football, and if they can get it from half a world away- they will take it in wholeheartedly.
It is amazing that in Miami this is being contemplated. But who cares? This is a city that is in financial disarray and cannot pony up the land and money for their baseball team. But they will try to find anything that can profit the city, as long as it does not offend the Cuban monopoly there. It is a city where county commissioners are looked upon as “Banana Boat Republic politicos” in the rest of the United States and will make any shady deal that will benefit them personally. It is a slap in the face to teams like the Florida Marlins, who have been trying to find any and every avenue possible to compete in the North American sports market and have had the door slammed on them on several occasions. They are trying to find a stadium for less than $400 million (it must not have an outfield), and now have to compete with this. This is a team that has won more titles than Real Madrid has in the past two years- one. Now how are they going to be able to make this project a reality? We’ll have to find the land first. Well the Orange Bowl seems like a good area. The problem lies in that there is no room in that area, unless you intend on moving people out- I am not a political science guy, but that doesn’t seem like a good move especially if you are trying to promote a sport to mainstream America. Oh, but what do I know? Gosh how could I have forgotten, it is no longer important to only win titles. Nowadays you have to make your cake, sell it, and eat it too.
All I can do with these ideas is that I can guarantee you an enjoyable visit to Galáctico World. If you don’t, well then you can leave where Samuel, Figo (and even Owen) did and will- The Back Door.
J. Guillermo Sanchez
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4 replies on “Galactico World”
…..a “Shockwaves were sent throughout the world when the Real Madrid president announced plans for the construction of a theme park in Miami and Beijing. Madrid fans should be in shock over this project.”
You use “shockwaves” and the very next sentence you use “shock” and the second time it sounds awkward. If shockwaves are sent around tyhe world, you don’t need to say that fans are shocked.
“The Past Two Years- This would be a quick one, because there haven’t been any.”
I’m pretty sure it should be “hasn’t” instrad of “haven’t”.
Other than that, nice job.
Thanks I appreciate your help. Any little bit of advice will help.
are you Juan??? if so, you should not have created another user name to vote on your article with.
If not, I don’t mind. Just your post sounded a little bit personal (“Any little bit of advice will help”), thus making me suspicious.
spelling We are all guilty of it, but in offering advice on someone else’s grammar it seems common sense to spell check your own work also. Just a suggestion.
Also for whoever is editing, the opening page of the site has “preferences” spelled as “peferences,” minus the “r.” The only reason I mention it is because one of the articles dealt with this issue.
Cheers.