These “Lord of the Rings” fans want to take their passion to the next level. They don’t just want to read about Middle-Earth, they want to live there. They are trying to raise a whopping $2.9 billion in order to build a full size Minas Tirith from the Lord of the Rings films. What’s even better is that they’re trying to do this through crowdfunding. Unfortunately they have only raised $3600 to date leaving them $2.8 billion and change shy of their goal.
Actual costs are estimate to be $23.5 million for the land, $294 million for the labor, and about $2.18 billion for the building materials. The eventual goal would be to build 625 homes within Minas Tirith that would range from 2 star homes that would run about $625,000 to 4 star luxury homes that would cost up to $2.7 million.
If the financial goal is met, construction would be slated to begin in 2016 and finish in 2023. The architects are eyeing two locations in Southern England for the project.
