In which European city is Las Ramblas?
Las Ramblas Resort Barcelona. Las Ramblas was announced in March 2005, as a $2 billion joint project between Centra Properties and The Related Companies. Actor George Clooney and nightclub developer Rande Gerber signed on to invest in the project in August 2005, at which point new amenities had been added to the project that increased its cost to $3 billion. Las Ramblas was scheduled to begin construction in September 2006, with its first phase opening in June 2007. The property for the proposed project was sold for $202 million in June 2006, to Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, the developers of the adjacent
Las Ramblas Resort would not work in a Las Vegas casino. Clooney mentioned the proposed dress code during an appearance on the "Late Show with David Letterman" in September 2005, saying, "No cutoffs, culottes or espadrilles." That month, Mark A. Brown, who formerly operated three of Donald Trump's casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey, was reportedly in consideration for the Las Ramblas project. In January 2006, Related confirmed that it would proceed with plans to build Las Ramblas, despite the cancellation of one of its high-rise condominium projects in Las Vegas. Clooney spoke about the project during an appearance on "Larry King Live"