"Build it and they will come" is fascinating but hasn't even worked for Dubai, and the Emirates have poured into Dubai way more than 400B since they decided tha

"Build it and they will come" is fascinating but hasn't even worked for Dubai, and the Emirates have poured into Dubai way more than 400B since they decided that they'd open themselves up to the world. Dubai development started in 1980s. Still today Dubai is made up of Westeners who made money in their home country and they relocated there blinded by the lights and the promise of an "endless summer" (matter of fact it gets chilly in winter and I hope you like 120F on the regular during the summer). A city spurs up, you can't just build it and hope that people will come, it's too big of a project. Me thinks this is a PR move to get his name out there and use as a hook to get some fundraising for some more sensible project.