Critics say €90m project would reduce allied landing to a money-spinning tourist attraction
over plans for a new D-day attraction near the landing beaches, which critics have likened to a Disney-style theme park.of 6 June 1944 and the subsequent Battle of Normandy in a hi-tech 45-minute “immersive show” has sparked a furious war of words, with opponents describing it as disrespectful to those who died and their families. project, who insist it will be a historically accurate and appropriate tribute.
A public planning consultation is running until 7 October. If the attraction is approved, it will be built on a 75-acre site at Carentan-les-Marais, inland from the American landing beaches Utah and Omaha . Its backers hope it will open in 2025 and attract 600,000 visitors a year, paying up to €28 for tickets.
“Make no mistake. The passing on of memories is see here as no more than a business opportunity … to give this project the go-ahead would demean and devalue pain and sacrifice, and present our fallen loved ones as mere curiosities in a money-grubbing entertainment venture.”
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