It was supposed to be the showcase of a country’s renewal, the symbol of its creative power and human ingenuity. But maybe ...
When Saudi Arabia unveiled NEOM in 2017, it promised nothing short of a city from the future. Crown Prince Mohammed bin ...
It was always doomed to unravel, but the firms who lent their name to this folly should be held accountable. A migrant worker at a Riyadh construction site.(Jaap Arriens / Getty) Of all of ...
Site preparation and foundation work had started in 2024 for the first segments of The Line in northwest Saudi Arabia. Screen capture from video released by THE LINE at NEOM March 31, 2026 ...
Saudi Arabia has halted construction on The Line, the over-hyped megacity that was supposed to slice through the sand like a mirrored sword, until 2030—LOL!—after multiple delays and downsizings.
Ambitious plans for a 100-mile-long megacity in Saudi Arabia – a key part of the kingdom's $2 trillion redevelopment project – have been put on hold so they can be scaled back. Now, however, the ...
The scaling back follows years of operational chaos and financial bleeding. Since its 2017 launch, the project promised a 105-mile strip of high-density living. But reality struck early. By April 2024 ...
MBS's Vison 2030 project seemed the stuff of science fiction. Now reality has bitten ...
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