How much would it cost to build a castle like Hogwarts?

Real-estate blogger David Cross says investors hoping to get their hands on a real-life Hogwarts would have to cough up a staggering $204,102,000. He came to the eye-watering conclusion after taking into account its price per square foot and the size of the supposedly isolated British building.



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The construction of both worlds took five years and cost 265 million US dollars. The theme park includes attractions, restaurants, and shops themed around a recreation of Hogwarts Castle and Hogsmeade Village.

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After a 21/2-year construction period, the area officially opened to the public on June 18, 2010.

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Almost overnight, it transformed a second-tier theme park into a serious competitor for Walt Disney World. It cost an estimated $265 million to put visitors inside Hogwarts Castle and slurp mugs of Butterbeer in the town of Hogsmeade. The payoff was double-digit attendance and revenue increases.

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Harry Potter's story is set in a magical, largely fictional Britain, but the film series used many real locations as evocative backdrops. Other settings, like Diagon Alley, exist only at Leavesden Film Studios (20 miles north of London).

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Location information Azkaban is a fortress on an island in the middle of the North Sea. It serves the magical community of Great Britain as a prison for convicted criminals. Azkaban was built in the 15th century and it has been in use as a detention facility since 1718.

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