Jackson’s Neverland Ranch up for sale

The California ranch once known as Neverland and owned by late pop star Michael Jackson is going on the market for $100 million
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Site of former zoo, housing elephants, giraffes, tigers and orangutans

Site of former funfair

Cinema

Floral clock and train station

Normandy-style main house

Iconic “Neverland” floral clock remains on property

100m 330 ft

Neverland

Los Angeles

100km 60 miles
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1981: Developer William Bone builds Sycamore Valley Ranch

1987: Jackson buys property for $19.5m and renames it Neverland after Peter Pan’s island dwelling

2005: Jackson distances himself from ranch after being acquitted of charges he molested children there

2008: Investment firm Colony Capital enters into joint ownership deal with Jackson after bailing him out of $23m debt
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Jackson and children ride merry-go-round at Neverland, 1994
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WHAT YOU GET FOR $100M

1,100 hectares of land with 22 structures

1,115m2 house (6 bedrooms + staff quarters)

Two guest houses (4-bed and 2-bed)

Pool, basketball court, tennis court

50-seat cinema with theatre stage

Mini-railway and train station
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Source: Wire agencies

Pictures: Associated Press, Bing Maps

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