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Just read this article this morning. Wonder if the US media will pick up on it - or freak out.

[h=2]Projects in Puerto Penasco Sonora first cruise home port of one hundred percent Mexican[/h]TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2012 13:27 EDITORIAL SONORA


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    In coordination with governments of Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur and Sinaloa
Hermosillo, Sonora, April 24, 2012. - Sonora will spearhead the first and only Mexican cruise port known as "Home Port" to be realized in Puerto Penasco, which detonate tourism and jobs in the region, said Gov. Guillermo Padres
With over a thousand islands in the Sea of ​​Cortez as well as destinations such as Guaymas, Topolobampo, La Paz, Mazatlan, Los Cabos, the project is aimed to become a center of tourism development for northwestern Mexico.
It goes very advanced in their studies and permits; very viability, would be the first and only cruise one hundred percent Mexican.
We are excited to be here in Sonora, said in an interview, the chief executive after inaugurating the Seventh Forum COPARMEX.
The whole project will cost around one billion dollars and participate in the Sonora, Baja California, Baja California Sur and Sinaloa as a region bordering the Sea of ​​Cortes.
The "Home Port" Rocky Point and was presented to President Felipe Calderon, the Secretariat of Communications and Transport and is in the process of concluding the technical studies of environmental and economic impact for the region.
In this regard, the Governor of Sonora expressed optimism of economic impact this project not only for Puerto Penasco Sonora but.
With attractive markets cruise tourism as Arizona, California and Nevada in addition to the domestic market, no doubt it will bring economic success to the cruise port entity.
The Governor said that the proposed physical work could start as soon as completed schemes and the financial bull by the federal government, whether through Cofetur or SCT.
After chairing the beginning of the work of the VII Forum COPARMEX, Governor afternoon Padres hold a working visit to Guaymas for the start of the work of the international office proveeduría Rolls Royce.
Later that night a dinner offer senior executives of the company led by Executive Vice President Beverly Gaskin Rolls Royce North America
 
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jerry said:
if true rp will be a construction nightmare for 10 years
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Maybe, but the local economy will surely benefit in many ways. Construction jobs, equipment rentals, increases in local purchases of food and goods, more rentals needed. Might be a pain for the US tourists, but it is now obvious to everyone that the road to recovery based on US interests is long. The Mexican market is much brighter, different yes, but brighter for the community.
 
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nice is they get the ducks in a row first....water...power....worker housing......cruise ship pollution issues (this is shallow water)
 
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They can't even get the Fiesta Cruiser out of the mouth of the harbor and they want to build a home port? - Imagine what happens if there is a Costa Concordia event.
 
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I wonder if Palomas has an agreement with owners that they cannot board any cruise ship out of Rocky Point without first paying a rental management fee?
 
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Johnny said:
I wonder if Palomas has an agreement with owners that they cannot board any cruise ship out of Rocky Point without first paying a rental management fee?
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No, Russ and I are working on that! We will pay for construction of 2 feet of the pier and set up a gate and charge a toll to cross that 2 feet. In consideration of granting an exclusive we will collect a 2% tax for the city. A security search will also occur at that point, can't have bombers going on the boat now can we. Hoping to get funding from Homeland Security for this. Should work out great if we can get an exclusive. We will providing discount coupons to the cruisers, for which the merchants will pay us a fee of course.
Already have the parking franchise in hand as well as an exclusive on group bus transport.

NOT.
 
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Here's another article and it sounds like they'll start hopefully this year:
[h=1]Cruise ship Home Port to bring immense benefits to area[/h]by JOSE ANTONIO PEREZ on Jul 5, 2012 • 4:34 pmNo Comments
Mayor expects to lay first stone prior to end of administration
The cruise-ship Home Port for this city, through an initial investment of 500 million pesos, is a mid-range project that is on a strong course and will undoubtedly generate immense benefits for Puerto Peñasco, affirmed Mayor Zepeda Munro.
During a press conference, the Mayor indicated that given its magnitude, this ambitious project will surely not be concluded within the present administration, though he hopes to be able to lay the first stone this same year.
He congratulated the fact that Governor Guillermo Padrés, along with nine other governors in the country, has presented advantages of the Home Port project in Puerto Peñasco as the first in the northwestern part of the country, which is among the principal attractions within a national strategy to receive cruise ships from the most important global cruiselines including Carnival, Princess, Holland America Line, and Disney, among others.
Zepeda Munro emphasized that just as in the presentation in Mazatlán, during the recent plenary session of the Sonora-AZ commission in Tucson, AZ the Home Port was once again one of the projects that created the greatest expectations.
The City Leader remarked that this project is a dream, but a dream that has practically become a reality and which they hope will begin prior to the end of his administration, in order to conclude within two or three years.
The Mayor recalled that the Home Port of Puerto Peñasco requires an initial investment of 500 million pesos, and upon completion will boost the creation of various small and medium service provider businesses, which will include the arrival ports from the Mexican states of Sinaloa, Baja California, Baja California Sur, as well as Sonora.
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Well there goes Black Mtn, if they do build the Jetty/Pier. Rock from BM is what the locals are saying will be used to build it.
Also heard from locals, Competition hill may be used for material since it is very close.
Really hope this project doesn't see the light of day.
 
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Here's an article about the Governor meeting with other Governors and Cruise companies about the Penasco Home Port:
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Mazatlan, Sinaloa June 12, 2012. - With the shipping companies in the world as Norwegian, Carnival, Princess, Holland America Line and Disney, among others, Governor Guillermo Padres presented the advantages of the Port of Guaymas and the project's Home Port Rocky Point as the first in the northwest and the main attractions in the national strategy for receiving cruise ships.
During the executive session of the Commission of Tourism CONAGO where the Sonoran president participated with nine other governors of the country and attended by the leading companies engaged in the promotion of cruises, the State Executive highlighted the location geographic entity.
In order to establish gradually a desk calendar of cruises almost 12 months of the year for the benefits offered in Sonora climatological path of the Sea of ​​Cortez, the Governor Padres enhanced the attractiveness and quality of services offered by our state.
The governor has developed a strategic analysis of the attractiveness of the destination, then as a business model and financial plan options to take advantage of greater importance to place and position in the corridor Sonora Sea of ​​Cortez with Sinaloa.
Accompanied by the Sonora Tourism Coordinator, Javier Tapia Caomu, the president of the state stressed the great opportunities and benefits Sonora offers within the national strategy and business model to accommodate cruise ships that tour the Sea of ​​Cortez, with a unique position in relation to other entities in the country.
The case of Puerto Peñasco, for example, as the closest point between the Sea of ​​Cortez and the main market is America cruise, considering that over 65 percent of cruise passengers arriving by car and by plane.
Regarding the project in this unique tourist spot, explained to the representatives of international companies now done the final design of this ambitious plan and in parallel are carried out work authorized by the federal tax authorities and port, and the environmental impact study to ensure the sustainability and respect the environment of the area.
At the Executive Meeting of the Tourism Commission, which this time takes shelter under the slogan "Mexico, The Cruise Industry, Challenges and Opportunities," Father Elias presented the project to create the home port for cruise ships along the route Sea of ​​Cortez, as a new tourist offer to their counterparts in the State of Sinaloa, Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Tabasco, Colima, Nayarit, Oaxaca and members of the Cruise Association of Florida and the Caribbean.
He explained the various benefits that the States sharing the so called "world's aquarium" would receive from the completion of the Home Port in Puerto Penasco.
He emphasized that this project was already submitted to the governors of the states that share the Sea of ​​Cortes, who for the importance of the support at the federal and the various shipping companies that have expressed interest in finding that the Sea of ​​Cortez has high potential .
Rocky now has basic infrastructure for the Port of the Sea of ​​Cortez, and once you place the first stone, this project detonate various investments
open in new economic expectation and development for this area and pour benefits to states of Sinaloa, Baja California and Baja California Sur, said.
The Home Port of Rocky Point requires an initial investment of 500 million pesos, and if realized, will trigger the creation of several small and medium-sized suppliers, which would involve the ports of arrival of the entities mentioned.
The president also Sonoran work at the joint meetings in order to catapult also the arrival port of Guaymas, as part of tourism development strategies that are performed with the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA), which directs Michelle Paige, with schedule to achieve new arrivals for 2014, which was rated the best point of arrival by the shipping company Holland America Line.
 
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