Spain's white elephant airport spents 30 million euros on advertising The airport even became the sponsor for first division football club Villarreal CF, whose players bore the airport logo on their strip for three seasons in exchange for 2.35 million euros. The sponsorship was later extended to CD CastellÃ³n. But while all advertising for the stricken airport has now been put on hold, a 25 meter high metal sculpture is currently being erected in front of the gleaming, and abandoned terminal, at a reported cost of 300,000 euros. The sculpture, by artist Juan Garcia Ripolles, is said to represent Carlos Fabra, the former premier of the CastellÃ³n province, who masterminded the airport project. After 16 years in power for the conservative Popular Party, he was forced to step down last June pending an investigation into tax-fraud, influence peddling and bribery. It was hoped that CastellÃ³n airport would open up a new area of Spain's eastern coast to tourism, although the region is already served well with busy international airports in Valencia and Alicante to the south and Barcelona to the north.