A large scale theme park would be located in Guanacaste, on an estate measuring more than 900 hectares, with hotels, shops, offices and function rooms.
The project, developed by Sun Ranch calls for investments of $1 billion over 15 years and the use of 578 hectares.
The complex would be located about 9 kilometers from the city of Liberia, near the Daniel Oduber Airport.
From nine days before and five days after the closure of the event, ownership of the competitor’s image rights belongs to the International Olympic Committee.
In addition to the hazards of sponsoring people or activities, such as poor sports performances or inappropriate social behaviour, in the case of Olympic competitors it also has to be taken into consideration that "promotions with the athletes, the use of symbols and references to the competition for commercial purposes are highly regulated by international treaties", notes an article by Sergio Morales Chavarria in Elfinancierocr.com.
In Costa Rica more and more people are becoming clients of cinemas, having increased their visits by 30% since 2007.
National cinemas sold 5,172,420 tickets in 2011, 1% more than in 2010 and 30% more compared with 2007, according to data from the local film distributor, Discine.
The average price of a ticket is about ¢ 2,500 ($4.97), therefore the industry generated over ¢12.931 million ($25.7 million) last year.
The country will host the adventure sports event in November 2013, with the participation of 360 contestants.
Costa Rica has been selected for the first time to host the world sports event ‘Adventure Race World Championship 2013’, which will be held in early November of next year.
Some 360 participants in total, organized into teams of 4 will compete in events such as rafting, kayaking, mountain biking and other sports on a journey of 700 km, reported Incentivetravel.co.uk.
The country intends to surpass the 1.6 million tourists registered during Easter in 2011 with a program of activities including a skydiving event.
Among these activities, some traditional and some new, is a skydiving event which will involve some 200 foreigners, reported Elnuevodiario.com.ni .
Each will pay $1,600 for a full tour package, which will mean $320,000 in total in revenue, said the director of promotion and marketing at the Nicaraguan Institute of Tourism (Intur), Julio Videa.
The companies announced the development of garment and sporting goods factories, which will operate under free zone regime.
Adidas’ manufacturing plant, which will operate under the free trade zone, will start operations next year, said the director of the Free Zones Corporation (CZF), Alvaro Baltodano. The company Gusta will be responsible for the plant’s operation.
The international chain has opened a new 10-screen cinema in the Portales mall.
Miguel Mier, chief operating officer at Cinépolis, said the complex has capacity for 1757 people, and includes a screen with XE Macro technology, which cost $850,000.
"We trust our partner, property developer Spectrum, to continue our expansion in Guatemala," said Mier.
A new decree will fix the closing times of nocturnal entertainment venues.
The measure seeks to reduce violence and accidents related to alcohol consumption, and has set closing time at 2am from Sunday to Wednesday, while on the rest of the days venues must close at 3am.
The decree affects clubs, bars, pubs and nightclubs, but exempts premises located within hotels.
Out of control piracy and the growth of Internet use, are literally killing traditional stores where CD's, DVD's, movies and video games used to be bought.
In an article about the stark reality prevalent in El Salvador, Karla Argueta examines the changes taking place in the music and entertainment industry, providing analysis that can be extrapolated to apply throughout Central America.
U.S. authorities are dismantling gangs that operate call centers for gambling sites in Costa Rica.
For several years the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has been doing important research in Costa Rica, where call centers operate websites for online sports betting (sportbooks), an activity prohibited in the U.S.
Although this type of online gambling is illegal in the U.S., in Costa Rica there are no restrictions, so many U.S.
Four chains of gyms are planning an investment of over $8 million over the next two years.
With an investment of $3.2 million, Gold's Gym chain, will open three new stores in Curridabat, Escazú and Perez Zeledon.
According to LaNacion.com,"Multispa is another chain that will open branches to the north and west of San José in the next two years, said David Mears, owner of the firm."
With $10 million worth of initial capital, a company will be set up to manufacture sports equipment.
A Taiwanese backed international sporting equipment company will begin operations in Honduras in the coming days with an initial investment of $10 million and creating 200 direct jobs, according to Romeo Silvestri, head of the Committee for Special Development Regions of the country's congress.
In the next days, the mayoralty of Panama will publish the bidding rules for the construction of the “Roberto Kelly” Sports Complex.
Zulema Sucre, social manager of the mayoralty, noted that works include “building a pool, an artificial football field, a basketball court, gazebo for cultural activities and an indoor area for exercising”.
Sucre added that the construction of the baseball field is 90% complete.