The Department of Business and Labor has issued a favorable report on the Hard Rock project, but it conditions it on modifications to the facilities of the company Ercros so that in the event of a chemical accident, the toxic cloud will not affect the casino. In 2020, the TSJC stopped the plans of the

The Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) stopped the plans for the macrocomplex in 2020, made up of hotels and playgrounds, due to the proximity of the chemical industry.

The macro complex that Hard Rock Entertainment World plans to build between Vila-seca and Salou is still pending the conclusion of the administrative process and the approval of the Urban Master Plan (PDU), despite the fact that the Government committed to the PSC to resolve this issue before that the first semester ended.

The project, which now responds to the name of Hard Rock Entertainment World, has been waiting for more than a decade and has been rejected by associations of various types and even by the Minister of Health, Manel Balcells, who this past August stated that he was ” absolutely against” it.

For his part, the mayor of Salou, Pere Granados, has assured that “it makes no sense to link” the chemical risk with the construction of Hard Rock.