May
21
2009
The Maradona Sports Café
Author: SamOffering ample urban delights, lovely beaches, and luxury hotels, Dubai (UAE), is a breed apart. Situated between old and new worlds, Dubai offers the finest of creature comforts along with the most cutting edge modern delights. Exquisite beaches and stunning shopping malls are just the beginning here. Annually, there are a host of festivals, with international film celebrities, rock and roll musicians, and literary giants, participating in the cultural life here. It is truly an international city, with a focus on developing the local talents, and a keen eye toward global culture.
It may come as no surprise, then, that there is a sports café opening here, by none other than Argentine world football great, Maradona. Diego Armando Maradona is one of the most visible and famous soccer players in the history of the Beautiful Game. Perhaps most well-known for his two goals against England in 1986, goals called, “the Hand of God,” and “the Goal of the Century,” he retired from the game at the ripe old age of 37.
Set to open at the end of the year, The Maradona Sports Café will be modeled on Planet Hollywood-style eating establishments, and will be a lively gallery of world soccer culture, featuring memorabilia from such football giants Zico, Dunga, Garrincha Pele, and of course, Maradona himself. The chain of cafes will also have large-screen televisions showing some of the greatest moments of football in televised history.
Not simply a living testament to the greatness of football, these cafes also serve a larger, humanitarian purpose. The soccer great’s brother, Remigio Maradona, is a Permanent Observer on the UN’s Economic and Social Council, and he has arranged to have a portion of the profits here to benefit the battle against global malnutrition. These new cafes, then, will serve multiple purposes, in promoting and contributing to the cultural life in Dubai, giving football fans a new and exciting place to hang out, and contributing to the betterment of the world at large.
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