In fact, people who have seen the grandstand (which is currently still under construction) not rarely believed it was a new airport terminal - just to give you a clue regarding its dimensions... Although it is still being built, is has already been called the future horse racing capital of the world. Arabs traditionally love horse racing. And so does the West. Thus this is excellent thinking that has created the Meydan Racecourse - this is going to be yet another place to bring East and West together. After all, this is one of the things Dubai is all about.

Being just four kilometers away from Dubai's traditional center (Deira) and in the immediate vicinity of Downtown, its new and future one, Meydan enjoys an excellent location. Of course, it will not only be about horse races. The planners of Dubai like to mix things as they have proven numerous times in the past. So what they are building is, again, a breathtaking combination of residences (in high rises or villas), state-of-the-art office space, luxury retail - and recreation (there is also a man-made lake), and, of course, world-class hotels. How much they build in Dubai!

In Hollywood, the film industry creates amazing new worlds as computer animation at high speed. Dubai does the same - the only difference is that the fantastic worlds built in Dubai exist - they are real and physical!

In case you are wondering what the word "Meydan" means, this is an ancient Ottoman expression, used for urban public parks. So it is very well-chosen for this new racecourse - because Dubai really builds a bridge from the Islamic past into the universal future of the world.