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II. Expansion to the United States
A. Florida--Personnel and Pre-1986 Corporate Structure
Cristobal Segui (Segui) was a successful Spanish
businessman. He owned an interest in Son Amar, a large nightclub
operated on Mallorca that catered to tourists. He also owned an
interest in La Granja, a medieval village on Mallorca. Alfonso
Chavez (Chavez) was a U.S. citizen who lived in the same building
as Segui. Chavez was interested in finding an attraction to take
to the United States and spoke to Segui about the show in
Benidorm. J. Montaner also had been interested in opening a show
in the United States. Segui discussed Chavez’s proposal with
J. Montaner, and they decided to put together a group of
investors interested in opening a medieval show in the United
States. The original group consisted of J. Montaner; Segui;
Climent; Pedro Montaner (P. Montaner), J. Montaner’s nephew;
Johan Kahne (Kahne), a business associate of P. Montaner; and
Vincente Valiente (Valiente). This group of investors and Martin
Santandreu (Santandreu), who joined the group later, comprised
the Spanish investors.
The Spanish investors were successful businessmen, each with
a net worth exceeding $1 million. Resumes provided to a bank in
a loan application filed by Inverspan, N.V. (Inverspan), during
1982 or 1983 contained personal information on the Spanish
investors and included the following:
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