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Freeport is a city, district and free trade zone on the island of Grand Bahama of the northwest part of The Bahamas.In 1955, Wallace Groves, a Virginian financier with lumber interests in Grand Bahama, was granted 20,000 hectares (50,000 acres) of pineyard with substantial areas of swamp and scrubland by the Bahamian government with a mandate to economically develop the area.
In terms of gross domestic product per capita, the Bahamas is one of the richest countries in the Americas (following the United States and Canada), with an economy based on tourism and finance. [1] Tourism alone provides an estimated 45% of the gross domestic product (GDP) and employs about half the Bahamian workforce.
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Grand Bahama Stadium is a stadium in the city of Freeport in the Bahamas. The stadium, mostly used for football and athletics.This is the principal stadium on the island of Grand Bahama. [1] Grand Bahama Stadium, in its normal configuration, has room for 3,100 spectators.
The Bahamas Film Studios has one of the largest open water filming enclosures in the world, along with production offices and support facilities, such as property warehouses, wardrobe workshops and other covered space. The studio is still in development and will eventually add state-of-the-art sound stages, post-production facilities and a ...
The Xanadu Beach Resort & Marina, also known as the Xanadu Princess Resort & Marina, was a resort and marina on the island of Grand Bahama in the Bahamas.Built in 1968, the resort was purchased by Howard Hughes in 1972 and was for several years the most celebrated resort in the Caribbean and served as a hideaway for the Hollywood jet set of the era.
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