Saudi megacity NEOM to cost almost $9 trillion, take over 50 years to build, internal audit warns.
Saudi Arabia’s construction of its megacity project NEOM is projected to cost almost $9 trillion and take over five decades to complete, an internal audit has revealed.
I love me some mega-projects, but as much as I'd love to see Neom succeed, I will be absolutely shocked if it ever becomes something more than a big ditch in the desert.
This is that proposed city that's just a big rectangle/straight line in the desert?
Yep.
50 years would be 2075, assuming that they don't run out of money or lose interest by then. The World Cup in 2034 is slightly before 2075. Hence, is the plan to host it in a construction site or doing it digitally in their lovely digital model of the stadium?
Give the players and refs VR rigs and let them work from home
Just passing a bunch of money around at the top.