"The world comes to Pattaya" as details of huge new beachside development are revealed

 

The supposed demise of Pattaya may be some way off, that's if plans announced this week for a huge new beachside development are anything to go by.

 

A post on Facebook from "TeeSuckHuaNon" gave details of a new project for Pattaya beach - Aquatique District Pattaya.

 

The 100 billion baht project will be next to the Hard Rock Hotel near Central Festival between Beach Road and 2nd Road.

 

Among five major hotels it features not one but two Marriotts - one with a convention center.

 

Among what the poster called "magnets" are a huge shopping mall, Aquaria - an aquarium-cum-zoo - and Legoland and Peppa Pig theme parks for the kids.

 

Finally there will be a "Wellness Center".

 

The poster said that the whole world was coming to Pattaya with this development. 

 

Maybe it's a sign of the post pandemic rebranding of the resort, notes ASEAN NOW.

 

 

 

 

 

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Looks awesome might be a place I would actually be interested in buying Marriott usually does things right and is not going out of business.

Problem, I will probably be dead by the time it is finished.

 

To add, one block over is Soi 6 which I guess is kind of an eye sore for families or upper level tourists wanting to stay/live at the Marriott property.

Should be interesting to see what happens.

What a <deleted> monstrosity

8 minutes ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

The poster said that the whole world was coming to Pattaya with this development. 

That's quite a lot.

Is the beach large enough to support such plans ????

Anyone who knows anything about Pattaya waters understands what utter nonsense this is. The WORST kind of misleading advertisement.

This will be  featured in the ' Abandoned Buildings ' thread a few years from now.

Whatever plans they might have for Pattaya, it will always be a hookers paradise.

 

Now that's a fact.

OK, I'll bite.

What is "an aquarium-cum-zoo" 

On a one hand you have this Anutin who wants to keep the tourism rehabilitation o f this country in the stone age with his way over cautious policies and than you have this, i hope the investors and the developers knows something we all don't if they plan to invest billions under the guide of people like Anutin and merry men...

needs locals to  prosper in the coming years..it will end up like cambo a desolate dump

57 minutes ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

A post on Facebook from "TeeSuckHuaNon" gave details of a new project for Pattaya beach - Aquatique District Pattaya.

 

All I got from the post is, someone called 'Tee' sucks 'Hua Non' at the wellness center...

 

Who is Tee, and who (or what) is Hua Non?

36 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

OK, I'll bite.

What is "an aquarium-cum-zoo" 

Maybe something like on the 'Discovery Channel' (as in the song)...

52 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Anyone who knows anything about Pattaya waters understands what utter nonsense this is. The WORST kind of misleading advertisement.

Wrong colour for turds... (No, wait! Are these supposed to be fish?)

Will they fix the drains with adequate 1000 year event storm drainage?

If not it's a complete waste of time.

This is news because someone just posted it on Facebook?  It was in the papers 5 months ago along with another development in Bangkok.

 

https://www.ihgplc.com/en/news-and-media/news-releases/2021/intercontinental-chinatown-bangkok

 

This story is baloney.

 

First, Marriott is smarter than that - to put two adjacent facilities in juxtaposition, unless one is to be a Timeshare (God Forbid.) Marriott already tried out Pattaya with what is now the Avani property taking up a block between 2nd Road and Beach Road.  

 

Second, the beach in Pattaya will never look that good - ever.  The ocean and bay simply don't generate enough wave action not only for that appearance, but also to eliminate the endemic pollution that makes the Beach Road beaches un-swimmable.

 

Remember that Nana Plaza II rebuild that was to renovate and enliven the Avenue complex?  I think that was folks from India who've not been heard from since their big splash.  But hey................................

Two words: Ocean One.

2 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Anyone who knows anything about Pattaya waters understands what utter nonsense this is. The WORST kind of misleading advertisement.

What do you expect them to advertise...the night time light pollution from Lem Chabang port or the toxic plumes emitted from the chemical plants and oil refineries of Rayong? Much better to advertise the non-existant coral reef and fish of Pattaya Beach.

2 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

OK, I'll bite.

What is "an aquarium-cum-zoo" 

They will have Lion fish and Tiger Sharks.

wonderful pics - only one thing wrong

 

Pattaya bay is a health hazzard and it doesn't and will not ever look like that 

 

I have lived here a long time and never put as muchas a toe in that water - unless they are going to import clean blue pure healthy water lol - all this monstrosity will do is pump more ## into the bay

 

One thing they do in the west is test water quality on beaches - if a beach doesn't meet certain standards it gets a health warning advising people not to swim in the water ...........................ahem 

I'm guessing the 10,000 baht per person per months water bill to water all those thousands of plants might kill off anyone buying a unit !

 

Looks like someone sneezed over the cardboard model

Those fish in the picture are poo poo in reality. Sewer city beach.

7 hours ago, treetops said:

This is news because someone just posted it on Facebook?  It was in the papers 5 months ago along with another development in Bangkok.

 

https://www.ihgplc.com/en/news-and-media/news-releases/2021/intercontinental-chinatown-bangkok

 

Guys you should click this link.......Very interesting.....That new development in Chinatown looks like the perfect weapon to DESTROY Chinatowns  uniqueness and character, which may also be the plan for Pattaya...

Was The Waterfront not lesson enough!

These investors really figured it out : A New Pattaya Mall. ????

Some off topic trolling posts have been removed. 

13 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

OK, I'll bite.

What is "an aquarium-cum-zoo" 

Well, Irish pubs do soup-in-a-basket so why not fish in a cage.

From the first picture the structures are huge much larger than the Ghost Tower ( Bali H ) someone needs to keep a eye on the approval process since the last Mayor approved the Ghost Tower and now that his brother is in charge there should be lots of questions prior to any approval hopefully it hasn't happen yet!  This point time to keep track of the bank accounts of all those involved?????

14 hours ago, Denim said:

This will be  featured in the ' Abandoned Buildings ' thread a few years from now.

Another huge concrete chicken coup that most definitely will not resemble the "artistic impression".

Will it look better than the last effort?