NEW TIMETABLES FOR ABU DHABI’S GUGGENHEIM AND LOUVRE

The Associated Press reports that the developer behind the multibillion-dollar Saadiyat Island, a cultural district whose plans were unveiled five years ago, has outlined a new timetable for the project. The first attraction, an outpost of the Louvre, is now set to be ready for visitors in 2015, followed by a branch of the Guggenheim, now slated for 2017. The two buildings were originally scheduled to open this year. The Tourism Development and Investment Company provided no further details on the delays, but said that the new schedule is designed to give “each museum sufficient time to establish its own identity on the local and international cultural stage.”