THE LINE Construction Update - 2024

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[@KSA-866]

كوني مطلع على مشروع نيوم او حتى البحر الاحمر هذا التقرير غير صحيح تماما حتى ولو اعتمد على مقاله بلومبيرغ الجميع لو يقوم بالبحث سيجد انه ذلاين مقسم لمراحل و المرحلة الاولى بطول 2,4 كم بحولول عام 2030 وكذلك ما يأكد تعليقي افتتحاح جزيرة سندالة اول وجهات نيوم قبل يومين وفي تقريره يدعي تاخر الاعمال وعدم امكانية تسليم المشروع في هذه السنة لذلك من يريد الحقيقة ياخذها من مصدرها او ينتظر الى عام 2030 بعدها له كامل الحرية في الانتقاد

[@Young_Spoon]

This video's title is THE LINE Construction Update - August 2024, and yet barely any actual updates about the LINE, more about every other project from NEOM. Honestly, I'm not impressed, it feels a little dishonest and clickbaity. Plus most of the info is old.

[@nicktw8688]

It's smoke and mirrors....... the Saudi economy isn't doing so hot.

[@Pterodactyl-kn3ve]

You just saved me 12 minutes. Next.

[@jasonstimpson4210]

There hasn't been hardly any progress. Very little to report😅

[@golin3760]

It's part of the 15 min city agenda of the new world order.

[@tensaijuusan4653]

This is the pipe-dream of a megalomaniac who watches too many fantasy movies.

[@EndingEchoes93]

No it's the pipe dream of someone who figured out how elon musk scams people and implemented that formula into his own scam. Here's the steps on how elon and neom are scamming. 1. Create a grandiose idea and put it into a cgi commercial. 2. Market that video to everyone you can in attempt to get a many eyes looking at it. 3. Tell everyone looking that this is just the beginning and your idea will only get bigger and better with time. Over promise and under deliver 4. Start the construction with bare minimum effort to cut as many costs as possible. 5. Collect as many donations as possible and tell everyone that with more money you can reach the goal faster. 6. As time goes slowly make downgrades to the cgi until after a couple years the new claim is totally different what people expected at the beginning. 7. Finish the bare minimum then abandon the project and move on to the next scam. Now you know why the hyperloop, reusable rockets and neom exist. Their just fronts for scams.

[@everythingmatterstheory7043]

real lol

[@ReeYuuJee]

except most architects say that this is gonna be a disaster

[@joshtaylor6911]

Yes a megalomaniac and murderer.

[@gilkin6328]

For example, another development project within NEOM that transforms an island in the Red Sea into a luxury tourist destination known as Sindala is scheduled to open this year.

[@thareqkemalhabibie1868]

The first 1 kilometer will be rusty before the last kilometer is finished

[@bennergreen]

They aren’t using iron 😑

[@Brandenovids1962]

Thing is, this actually happens with things like cathedrals, which are so big that by the time they’re finished, something else has broken and they remain under construction for a very large portion of their life.

[@turdnugget2359]

I'm pretty confident that not even a single project from Neom will see the light of day the way they were announced and promised.

[@ayankhaznawi]

Nigga chill we still haven't seen everything maybe it will fail or succeed who knows we can just make assumptions.

[@ShajahanE4]

They can't open the line but I think all the other projects will open.

[@Bb13190]

@@ShajahanE4 In your dreams maybe. There are way too many unrealistic buildings for "all the other projects" to open.

[@ljvl]

Just like how yall said the same thing about khalifa tower and now everyone is there!! Hypocrites

[@ahmedalghuribi5298]

sindalah project will open this year and qiddiya will open next year and the red sea project already open and all the Other projects are going as planned ​@@Bb13190

[@kaneozman5557]

The Line is a Fire Catastrophe waiting to happen! The density of the line per km2 is about 264,000+ which is more than 10 times that of Monaco! Given the 500 m tall 200 m wide enclosed interlocked buildings, the smoke from one single fire could kill hundreds of thousands of people. This project should be completely reviewed from a safety aspect.

[@sephirudex]

I do not understand all this bitterness and envy that people have towards this project. Instead of supporting economically or scientifically this project that could accelerate the development of new technologies, new architectural solutions , new methods of transport and lifestyle, I only see detractors and harsh criticism. If I had the means or opportunity to participate in such a project, I would gladly work on it to create benefits for all. What miserable people we are becoming.

[@jeffreyrigg9136]

Saudi Arabia puts out some really good CGI. I would really love to see some of these projects finished so I can go visit some of them. Unfortunately, at age 66 I don't think I will get to see anything there.

[@Bb13190]

@@jeffreyrigg9136 China had water to diverte !

[@utube1818]

You could live to be 166 and still never see them.

[@jorisbonson386]

These projects will never, ever materialise

[@alexleanh]

@@jorisbonson386 @utube1818 How do you know for sure? The nay-sayers and the critics had all said the same thing with Las Vegas when it first started. I'm sure if that is the attitude, the pyramid of Giza would never have been built, or the Panama Canal, or the Three Gorges Dam, or the Hoover Dam... and countless mega structures and cities across the world.

[@skeletor8250]

SA does not put out CGI. SA puts out vast amounts of oil money. The CGI is done by Western or Asian contractors, powered by vast amounts of oil money.

[@AudreyH48]

I've had dealings with some people from that area of the world in the past. If how that went is anything like how these projects are worked, it will never see the light of day.

[@msylvain59]

From the first time ever I saw an ad about tihs project I knew it was bullshit and totally pointless and undoable. And I didn't need to spend billions to know it.

[@AAL2012]

A nobody trying to sound smart 🥱

[@Illustriousxd]

​@@AAL2012fr bro literally said "ermm actually i don't need to spend billions to know it's undoable!! 🤓🤓"

[@gilkin6328]

Work is certainly continuing on other parts of the broader NEOM project; Officials have maintained their overall goals for The Line, the people familiar with the matter said.

[@xanthonyjamesx]

So excited to see the completion 😍

[@Golla_Street]

They should have prioritize watering their desert. Since water is mainly scarce in the central part of the arabia. see what China did, they have built man made river, diverted their water to the central area. And now we see it thriving.

[@AAL2012]

😂😂 "watering the dessert" 😂😂

[@Golla_Street]

@@AAL2012 Oooooops, sorry for watering your food. My bad 😅 would you like a another DESERT?

[@azizbader9087]

You can’t do that because the sea water is Shallow and it will ruin the environment.

[@Golla_Street]

@@azizbader9087 like how will it ruin the environment? Please enlighten me.

[@azizbader9087]

@@Golla_Street Salt water ruins the soil and therefore we will not have good groundwater for drink

[@abdulazizibrahim1930]

In 2003, when we were told about the plan of the Emiratis to build the Khalifa, we thought it was a joke. In 2002 when we were told about the Palm, we insisted it was impossible and wasn't practical, properties on the Palm as I type have more than quadrupled since it was launched. Lets not be too hasty!

[@mattllaves]

Trust me, this project dwarfs every city in the Emirates put together. There is no need for this line to be this size, it's going to bust Saudi's economy

[@largol33t1]

@@mattllaves So, you don't think it has broken their economy?💀🤣😂

[@mattllaves]

@@largol33t1 I meant burst 😅

[@originalbiblestudywithJael]

The point is, there is a prophecy in Isaiah 23 about the end time revival of modern Tyre.

[@ChrisB-u4n]

Nothing but delusions of grandeur.

[@toodledoemeu8]

It would be interesting to see what this project will turned into eventually.

[@تتعبمعي-م3س]

We go there a different world like Mars

[@anaibarangan4908]

I was being made to think about this too a little while ago, God is why, and I don't know why, but I can think that somehow out to build their Elysium in the desert for their population, their population's apocalyptic shelter. Obviously trying to prepare for when no longer a petroleum assets dependent country. Obviously need to focus on the most important megaprojects, and forget about theme parks or anything too unnecessary and that's detrimental to The Line. I've always been impressed with The Line. I think it's great, and demonstrates the most important love and care for own population that I've been shown so far. A paradise, besides what offer for foreigners. It's an undeniably incredible feat of architecture and engineering, and yes in Spain we know about The Roman Empire, but it's never made clear about which ones in what left of The Al Andalus, but Umayyads are Saudi nowadays. Jeddah. It's so extremely complex reading the history, that's why I said that only God knows, knows what wants, but certainly absolutely nothing like them or capable of what they do in Morroco.

[@michaelfelder2640]

Humans cant work 24/7/365, but Optimus can. Ya, they'll get it built.

[@hundun5604]

"The Scar" imo.

[@mpaulm]

My biggest question with Neom is why? There is no reason for any of these mega projects except for ego.

[@ALIJAXIXIC]

We need more projects and Neon is fascinating

[@RangarHz]

If it was usa, you won't say "why"?

[@Window4503]

⁠@@RangarHzWell no because we wouldn’t try to build a city like that in the middle of a desert and because there are reasons to visit.

[@Noura-n8s]

​@@Window4503u don't know anything about Saudi arabia, Neom city is located on the Red Sea coast and the Gulf of Aqaba. It's a mountainous beach area. Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 has more than 2000 islands, forests and very cold areas in the summer in the southwest of Saudi Arabia and it's snow there. Saudi Arabia is not a desert. Go and learn geography instead of ur ignorance.

[@adamdean946]

Saudi need a new means of income as oil demand is dropping fast. These ‘ego projects’ is their idea to generate money for their country

[@saeed5853]

No one said they will build the entire 170km by 2030! Neom since first announcement they say it clearly 2.4 km is the first phase by 2030!

[@Midas234]

No they didn't. They claimed the first residents will move in during the first quarter of 2024. Not likely

[@haithem1320]

⁠@@Midas234correct your mistake i’ve been involved in the neom project the line the day it was announced and they never said that in fact, the line exhibits showed the timeline of the project and it was put that by 2030 only 2.4 km is gonna be built in the first phase of the projects including some islands development near by, on of them is sindalah, and after the second phase, it’s gonna continue expanding as the city gets more populated just like a regular city until it reaches the 170 km

[@Midas234]

@@haithem1320 What you are saying is not true at all. I saw videos of the general manager of the Neom project who said himself that the first residents of The Line will be ready to move in during the first quarter of 2024. Admit it. The project is a big FAILURE. We are in the third quarter of 2024 and nothing has been done yet. Look at the satellite pictures. There is no city.

[@alexanderebersberger4650]

"The Line" will never work. It is not adjusted to the desert contures. In a desert it is all about water. Terrasses have to be build to hold the water in the landscape as long as possible to nourish plants and for filling the groundwater table. The mirror- facade of the line will irritate birds, they will smash against the facade. The ways of bigger animals will be blocked. Some parts of the building will be damaged by flash floods. Other project of NEOM may be successful on the long run.

[@Kaspa_C]

Robots will for sure speed this process up that what they not telling you!

[@Diamond_Hanz]

It's like a chyyyyynnaahh project

[@johannusverhoeff4567]

Architectural nightmare. A sort of Logans Run city prison. If one wanted to get out ...tough...on either side is a killer desert

[@Global_MegaProjects]

Honestly, I have a hard time believing that any of the Neom projects will turn out the way they were announced or promised. We’ll probably just end up seeing bits and pieces of the big dream instead of the full picture they painted.

[@peterstoric6560]

The line is one of those things to where I really want to see it finished to to gawk at the fact that it actually exists but also pretty happy that no one would actually have to live in a hell hole like this

[@davidmcguerty8405]

'The Line --------' has turned into 'The Dash -"

[@zulkarnainarif2058]

😅

[@Deontjie]

Or a full stop?

[@chrisnolan7423]

Even Ray Charles could see that this was an investment pitch and a fantasy. No one will ever live in the Line.

[@Celeste-d2l]

I would.

[@alexleanh]

Nay-sayers and critics said the same thing about Las Vegas when it first started. Believe me, "build it then they will come"!

[@robertpapel101]

For the golf resort: looks like what would happen if the Borg stopped assimilating and took up golf

[@bobjackson7516]

Yes! If you've ever played "Destiny", it's also a direct copy of the Vex areas.

[@gtc9966]

Who, exactly, is describing this as an ‘architectural utopia…’

[@marvinsantos2977]

worst. it defies physics

[@ALIJAXIXIC]

It's amazing

[@gtc9966]

@@ALIJAXIXIC Dystopian Hellscapes may look pretty in CGI…but they’re rarely ’Amazing’ in reality.

[@ALIJAXIXIC]

@@gtc9966 Beauty. Ah

[@giraffestreet]

Engineering Dystopia

[@gilkin6328]

Officials have long said that The Line would be built in phases, and they expected it would eventually cover an area of 170 kilometers along the coast.

[@Khaiphos]

He could have ordered a gradual but consistent re-greening of the desert for the benefit of everyone. That would be a legacy he’d be remembered by for centuries.

[@batarasiagian9635]

Agreed.

[@fanaticist]

millenia

[@cestusfr]

11:01 expecting a dinosaur to come up any second. ^__^;

[@skeletor8250]

The kingdom is currently seeking investors for NEOM. I am not sure they understand that an INVESTMENT is not a DONATION. Investors expect a return, a profit. There is no way to generate profits from this. Who would want to live there? You'll own nothing and you'll be happy, all while being monitored and recorded by AI at every moment, I mean who wouldn't want THAT?

[@EA_customersupport]

Neom Line is good design for a desert country

[@moosefactory133]

Saudi Arabia has vast amounts of money but having said that, maybe something a little more conservative could have been on the drawing board.

[@bettywarren1559]

A ski resort in the desert.....what could possibly go wrong?

[@lynnwang2292]

I’m looking forward to see it. It will be a Marvel of engineering in human history.

[@moshunit96]

There isn't a snowballs chance in hell they will have 2.4 kilometers built by 2030. Smh.

[@largol33t1]

the agreed actual length of The Line was draaaaastically reduced. It might have to be renamed The Square. LOL...

[@renatop539]

Just what the world needs

[@Therionx]

You can enter but never leave

[@محمدالقحطاني-س1ق4ف]

Before neom project we announced to build 2 industrial cities in 1975 and many people were negaitive but at the end.. they succеeded

[@stevensmith797]

they were cities , a viable idea , the line is badly flawed right from its inception , a line city make sure you are the maximum distance from anywhere you want to go in that line , its a waist , better off makeing more islands , even though even they are a failure

[@محمدالقحطاني-س1ق4ف]

@@stevensmith797 what make the line an impossible idea it’s just a big glass wall and we have the enough money

[@محمدالقحطاني-س1ق4ف]

@@stevensmith797 islands! You should know the red sea project

[@stevensmith797]

@@محمدالقحطاني-س1ق4ف not imposible , just totaly doomed , in a line city you live as far away as you can from any other part of that city , its a line , not efficiant in time or energy

[@محمدالقحطاني-س1ق4ف]

@@stevensmith797 there will be a fast trains will take from the start to the end in 15 minutes

[@fredcoblyn8316]

This line could never be built for less than 5 trillion dollars

[@davidmills9685]

That what I think too especially a 500 m skyscraper over a hundred miles long by itself would be a big expense.

[@sxmolin]

Got to start somewhere, at least build 2 or 3 miles of it…

[@BEZ4Ever]

Why are they not letting everyday people from around the world to invest, sell bricks with there name printed on them, sell 12"x12" piece of ground. There is so much that could be funded with small donation starting at $5.00 they could raise billions easily..

[@utube1818]

Why would I want to buy a brick with my name on it, that would be stuck in the middle of a desert?

[@BEZ4Ever]

@@utube1818 you wouldn't dummy..

[@Sodainspace]

I’ve live in those gulf countries, I can assure you these projects will be built eventually, however they won’t look even close to what marketing brochures said and they will be scaled down massively. A lot of ppl on these projects will get fired too, currently ex janitors and low level employees from UK and US are being offered $500,000 salaries to move to neom and given plush jobs, but this will end eventually The only reason they are able to build such mega projects is thanks to slave labour.

[@giraffestreet]

I cant imagine when the next global financial crisis affect all of these super mega ultra project.

[@erichaskell]

Irans potential to cause a war in that region may be causing Saudi to think on a more warlike manner.

[@LetsGo-wl5zo]

lol, for the line you need all the elevators of the world combined & much more to make it work... And there are more big utopia issues to make it happen.

[@just_fares6230]

Yeah, and where did you bring the elevator thing from? The line's videos clearly shows that there is going to be gradual increasing and decreasing of the levels you are walking on, there is going to be tilts upward and downward in your path.

[@seanhanlon5867]

A sky high prison in the desert..wonderful stuff

[@dischargedarrowgetback4322]

Looking at the current progress, I think the artificially created 100km long valley will be enough to become a tourist destination. Wouldn't it be a good idea to simply dig 30 meters into the ground?

[@pieman2656]

NEOM was the flagship designed to bring in all the other projects, it was an unrealistic design given the timeframe for completion. I don't believe they will get to 2.4KM by 2030 and some of the projects tagged on will not come to fruition, they are exactly the idea's and concepts if they get scaled back 98% like the line we might have a problem?? Reality is they have cheap labour and land, problem is they don't have enough sand suitable for construction. The amount of sand required is in the billions of tons and the price tags per project failed to apportion concreate construction requirements. Bunch of building engineers clean slate, any idea goes this is what you get, then the bean finance team come in with the budget idea gets scaled, then the first bills start coming in, finance ask for scaling engineers drop basic crap to try maintain a building design. Final result nice shinny rock with mirrored glass that lacks sanitation, utilities are off grid, roading infrastructure is limited, integration with other projects is non existent because someone's ego. I will give credit where it is due, designs / 3D imaging it all looks good in isolation. If I was to give a progress grade it would be a D.

[@Mido66778899]

Why are you saying promises, the videos are their dreams. Everyone dreams big, reality kicks in and you still can end up with something awesome but more realistic.

[@Dan007UT]

Gotta give them an A for dreaming big at least.

[@MrPeterHaller]

If it does become complete I would ask what would the quality of life be for all people living there what would they do on a day-to-day basis and wouldn't the monotony of the same place become almost deadening to the soul

[@davidhalpin6750]

With all that reflection of the sun it'll make it even hotter there.....and probably everywhere....so I guess more government corruption money will be needed......

[@dampfkaffee]

What if there's a problem on one spot dividing the whole thing? No alternative way around.

[@rxb364]

More money than brains

[@Bb13190]

And more ego than money.

[@androiduser4162]

💯

[@androiduser4162]

@@Bb13190 too much co cane

[@UniversalGame-bn4qo]

Neom is a failed project in Arabia, it is better for investors to move to IKN, it is already good, especially since this city has already held its first flag ceremony. And that is a sign of Indonesia's success

[@ChrisBullock1978]

funny, a living building takes generations of people. Use the resources that are close so glass and sandstone would be best

[@bottlecapbrony366]

Anybody who seriously believed that Neom would become a reality is mentally insane.

[@YO-rh1xe]

Haven't seen yet but hope some Actual update instead of plans on being made?

[@robertleeharris1309]

Hello, this is a good idea and it's workable if it was redesigned slightly. And instead of all this negative output , is simply childish. 2024 Adult up.

[@vincentlussier8264]

There's no way they'll ever build this even if it's started! And how are they going to clean millions of mirror windows reflecting in the blazing sunlight?

[@laurencec09]

I want NEOM as a map in War Thunder now

[@ceoaaron9]

its like wakanada for real

[@nathanapplegate5374]

The octagon city is the most and only plausible thing they’re building.

[@classic.cameras]

Imagine living in this place. Like I would feel imprisoned.

[@anonyme5893]

Trying living outside of it in Saudi Arabia, then try again.

[@series9234]

this is going to be the biggest graveyard of excavators ever

[@gilkin6328]

But according to recent data, officials expect to complete 2.4 kilometers of the project by 2030, said the person familiar with the matter, who requested anonymity because the information is not available to the public.

[@TomLoveday-y7y]

Has MBS ever heard of Mouse Utopia Universe 25? It won't work socially. If it could even be built, thats not happening. In maybe century it could be done if energy was vastly cheaper and in greater quantities. And an army of cheap robots. Still it's a dysfunctional dystopia. But heavy modifications and additions could be made.

[@BerlinVibes]

why will anyone go there..when you have such big world ..natural places to stay.

[@igoromelchenko3482]

Good, that the Existence does not care about humans' wishes as much as other humans. 😊

[@blackwolfthedragonmaster]

Hey if they complete 1% of the length of the line then I'm on board lol

[@Tony2sips]

That'll never get done.

[@KantolanceDragonenthusiast]

One part i dont get is are the two 500m structures just framing to attatch other buildings to, are they just glass walls with the other structured build self supporting inside ? Also are the vertical elements going to be split up ? Will there be train size escelators ? How will someone living 400m up effectively get to level 20 2km away ?

[@babylongate]

This video was all about negativity, avoid it.

[@aluearc]

I still feel like his ego is bigger than his wallet.

[@shadishahroudi7941]

Probably the Line would cost at least 20 Trillion usd to complete…or 100% of the kingdom’s GDP for the next 25 years or so… 👀

[@LujainHadba]

I hate when they slap the brand "environmental" above everything that is not. I am doing by PhD in environmental architecture and engineering. It is not sustainable if you add green walls to it and a lot of glass, it is not even designed to adjust to the environment surrounding it!. It is designed to be applied in Europe not Saudia Arabia, without regards to the type of plants or kind of construction or materials suitable for the region. I can't with these projects that say they are environmental and throw a bunch of plants on the structures and say that is it. I give up.

[@krisverrico0910]

Iii dont know about this chaotic, rigid and childlike, asymetrical geometrical-ish architecture.

[@MRdeLaat]

nah im not putting my life on the line

[@hyzerfl1p]

Nothing close to the proposed plan will ever get built! You can mark my words you heard it here first friends

[@pubwvj]

You are not the first but rather number 123,456 to say this.

[@jamesbondeson669]

Saudi Arabia is becoming the boondoggle capital of the world.

[@bobjackson7516]

Any Density players recognize the Vex area in the golfing section?

[@joshcardin2783]

After 3 months living in this line city....the people will get out of it. Lost of money !!!

[@9JDC9]

2030? 😂😂😭😭 This is what happens when you're constantly told Yes, Yes Sir in life. You become delusional.

[@Alienalloy]

They say….”An Arab and his oil dollar are easily parted”……or something like that.

[@ksc9954]

And rise in our heating bills will be paying for it

[@starvingbuddha7622]

Tower of Babel anyone?

[@randycarter5410]

Maybe they could try building a simple pyramid instead 😂😂

[@onebridge7231]

Ego projects. All that money could be invested into bring water back to Saudi Arabia.

[@pamcullen537]

Money and common sense don’t always go together

[@Miguel-nt8bx]

Another example of putting your money where your mouth is, goes wrong. Clearly thinking that there’s a genie in a lamp waiting to grant their wishes.

[@flubalubaful]

Would have been better if they announced a 1km diameter dome city. Would be more possible than this monstrocity, the line was a scam nothing more, or a pipedream from someone who thought he has more money than he does.

[@NO1jkpg]

Always updates without any updates, such a wast of time.

[@kaunas888]

This has to be one of the most poorly conceived projects in the world. Any common sense view of it will quickly understand how unworkably it all is.

[@ZEPHYRZHANG-mg8zi]

Lmao people who think it’s a good idea don’t know basic geometry. Just build a normal city.

[@LunarSmoothie]

Khashoggi expressed doubt from the beginning. Look what happened to him. He was probably right.

[@democracy9102]

Video facts No voices

[@faresalghamdi2453]

We gonna do it 🇸🇦