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- Dec 19, 200490% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Tropical Islands Resort Opens Inside the World's Largest Free-Standing Hall
- The Tropical Islands indoor resort opened on 19 December 2004 in Brandenburg, in the Aerium hangar built by CargoLifter AG (360 m long, 210 m wide, 107 m high, EUR 78 million)[2][3]
- The CL160 airship was never built and CargoLifter went bankrupt in 2002[2][3]
- Malaysian corporation Tanjong bought the hangar on 11 June 2003 for EUR 17.5 million, with a EUR 10 million Brandenburg subsidy[2][3]
- Interior kept at 26 C, with a rainforest of about 50,000 plants, a 140 m Tropical Sea pool and Bali Lagoon; now owned by Parques Reunidos, about 1.2 million visitors a year[2][3]
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- [1]90%youtube.com/watch?v=lAYl-qp6Ngcyoutube.com· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts Dec 19, 2004 ✓· 33% of score
Wikipedia's[3] Tropical Islands Resort article states the resort opened on December 19, 2004, after Tanjong plc bought the former CargoLifter hangar.
- [2]75%Tropical Islands: Why the Giant Hangar Was Really Builtnotouristinfo.com· Added Sep 15, 2026· 33% of score
An independent history blog corroborates the hangar’s CargoLifter origins and its conversion into the Tropical Islands resort.[1]
- [3]90%Tropical Islands Resorten.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 15, 2026· 33% of score
Wikipedia gives the hangar’s 2000 completion, CargoLifter’s 2002 bankruptcy, and the resort’s December 19, 2004 opening.
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