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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Hollywood in Cebu

HOLLYWOOD entertainment would soon be within the reach of Cebuanos.

This, with the plans of a foreign company to develop a Hollywood-type disco club on the site of the old casino at Nivel Hills in Lahug, Cebu City. The disco club, to be named Don Christo K., is expected to become operational by the end of the year and will include a paradise garden and a restaurant.

The disco club will feature international entertainers, said Chris Karageorges, a British citizen who founded the Don Christo K. Inc., the company that will develop the future entertainment facility. He added that the club will also feature the latest trends in gaming.

Karageorges, who chairs Don Christo K. Inc., holds a long-term lease of the old casino, which used to be operated by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) until the late 1990s.

In a news conference last Saturday, Karageorges said the establishment that he will be putting up will be “luxurious.” “I will bring in the top stars like Shakira and Madonna to perform here,” he added.

The entertainment facility will involve a Euro5-million investment. Despite the size of the investment, Karageorges said the company does not want the club to be identified as an exclusive facility.

Instead of just focusing on the A and B market, the company will also target the C segment since this group has “more in terms of numbers.”

“There will be facilities both for the young and the old,” said Jose Gloria, Don Christo K. Inc. executive director.

Corporate events

The club will also open during the day.

Karageorges said the company’s investment would be put to waste if the club will concentrate on night entertainment. He said the establishment will also become a venue for corporate and social events.

At present, the company is finalizing the details of the project’s design concept. Karageorges said the paradise garden and the restaurant are part of the project’s first phase.

The disco, which has the capacity of 1,000 people, can be converted into a concert hall.

“We will be in full operation just before Christmas,” Karageorges stressed.

Aside from the international performers, Gloria said the company will also tap the entertainment industry in Manila and Cebu.

Gloria, who claims to have a long experience in the casino industry, said the company has made a study of the preferences of the Cebuano market.

“This is also a way of educating the people,” he said, referring to the different kinds of entertainment that can be offered.

With its goal to make the club a landmark destination in Cebu, Don Christo K. Inc. will also be applying for a five-star accreditation from the Department of Tourism, said Gloria.

Once in full operation, Karageorges said the club will have “zero competition” as no one in the country can offer the same concept.

Karageorges is involve in international trading and entertainment. He also added that his expertise is in luxury cruise shipping. (DME)

Sun.Star Cebu - Hollywood in Cebu

[rambutan]

wow.. good news!!!

[usrolla]

this would be nice....

[blackeyedick]

good for us cebuanos..

[geo626]

this is great.

[ramnem]

In a news conference last Saturday, Karageorges said the establishment that he will be putting up will be “luxurious.” “I will bring in the top stars like Shakira and Madonna to perform here,” he added.






yehey!!!!

[rishee]

pwede mu request?

pwede dal-on si harry potter pud dri? hehehe

[Rance]

Good location for the holewood in Cebu is Junquera

[Ladyjane]

wow..coolio... bring it on ...new place to go..

[melmartin23]

being a cebuano citizen, its really cool putting awesome events, establishment, bars and many other entertaining thingy in the city...(but no theme park yet, like DISNEYLAND or UNIV. Studio)...
but, so far, CEBU CITY has been one of the amazing cities in ASIA, ASIA i mean.....
as a young gentlemen, i have already noticed this bcoz i was traveling CEBU all over its places...
its also safe to say that CEBU is not even far comparing to Manila's best, like and inch close...(they are just closer to other foreign countries in terms of distance that give them the favor)....

when i went to HK, there were a lot, a lot of great establishments, but again, CEBU is not far from it...

and now i`m in LA, its also safe to say dat CEBU is not far from it, but not even close...(relax)..
its because, these foreign countries are way bigger than CEBU and they also have the guys...

and one of my biggest and longest concern about the CITY is that, they only have very, very limited
sizes of location and resources for "THEME PARKS"...CEBU CITY has everything except for theme park...
(theme parks : DISNEYLAND, UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, OCEAN PARK, WARNER BROS. STUDIO and etc)...

so, good thing they have this plan about HOLLYWOOD in CEBU thingy...
its closer to that, but i have no idea what it would look like...
im also concerned about this thing`s availability for the people in CEBU specially in the lower class people...
if this thing would be accessible for the people?
and would be this affordable for them....

in other countries, like almost all the people there in any social class can afford to go and witness great things like these...

but we don`t know yet...lets just be fair...
we don`t know, this would be the beginning of something great in the city we love most...
let`s support the city`s success and progress and be proud of it...
i have been to many places, but no places beat this city for me...
CEBU rocks and may this city keeps rockin!!!!