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Celebrity Resort to Open in Costa Rica
Associated Press 08.03.07, 5:52 PM ET
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -
America Online founder Steve Case announced plans Friday to open a US$800 million beach resort backed by husband-and-wife tennis stars Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf.
The luxury resort, to open in Costa Rica in 2010, will feature two boutique hotels, a tennis center designed by Agassi and Graf and an 18-hole golf course planned by renowned course designer Tom Doak.
Occupying 650 acres on Punta Cacique on Costa Rica's northern Pacific coast, the resort will leave 80 percent of that land undeveloped as a private natural reserve, said Case, who announced the project alongside Costa Rican President Oscar Arias.
Case said his Washington D.C.-based development company, Revolution Places, will also set up a fund for forest conservation and scholarships.
"Costa Rica reminds me of Hawaii when I was born there nearly 50 years ago," he said. "We are aiming to take the things that make authentic Hawaii so special, such as the connections to the local people, restaurants, shops and the spirit of 'aloha.'"
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