Saudi Arabia's Wild Plan for the World Cup

[@TheB1M]

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[@dotFAFO]

How much did the Saudis pay you for this video too?

[@strawberriesandcum]

This has to be a joke right? Did you even do any sort of research into them?

[@Gregemio]

the B1M... always happy to do "soft promotion" for abusers of human rights.... as long as they have buildings. Good job guys. Great morals.

[@strawberriesandcum]

I commented here as soon as the video came out and it looks like my comment has been deleted. Perfect

[@lolithighs]

ew

[@ferrismesser]

they're planning on building 8 massive sized stadiums in the same city. What happens after the world cup? this is insane

[@abdulazizhashim2945]

it's not only for the World Cup.

[@ferrismesser]

@@abdulazizhashim2945 what will they be used for after?

[@pauljmorton]

@@abdulazizhashim2945 That didn't answer the question. The question is, what happens after the world cup?

[@vinching926]

@@abdulazizhashim2945 Anymore major sport events after that? or some worldwide music people planning concerts there?

[@TheMotlias]

Classic World cup and Olympic sports washing, probably end up abandoned 3 years after the competition ends

[@stm91]

Aside from the obvious stuff, what saddens me the most is that the country had almost infinite money to build amazing sustainable, livable and walkable cities and they are blowing it all on vanity projects and endlessly wide highways that are never going to be enough. There was so much opportunity to learn from other's mistakes and get it right.

[@wetbadger2]

Arrogance magnified

[@Ravachol71]

And create their Same Style but they Just try to be another Western City.

[@sknkwrksowner]

If you were talking about ANY other place on the planet, I see your point. The reality is you are talking about a population in which the poorest native, non-immigrant probably makes $500k a year if they live in the current cities. The approach is always going to be "...spend it and make it opulent because what else are we going to spend it on?".

[@PenskePC17]

​​@@sknkwrksowner 500k a year 😂. Try 36k. The view of wealth in the middle east is incredibly overblown. An example being that many people believe Dubai to be the richest city on earth, when in reality they don't even have half the billionaires of Boston. Middle easterners just showcase their wealth in a way that most western elite would find tacky.

[@jameswright...]

​@@sknkwrksowner The average yearly income is around 35k. Large groups (women) only earn if given permission so many houses live on one income. There are slums there too.

[@carlrushton7041]

Hate to see this. Austrailia have all the stadiums and infrastructure in place but instead it's Saudi who need to build 11 new stadiums which will not be sustainable and god know what the cost to the environment. Classic Fifa

[@silverXnoise]

Don’t forget the lives of thousands of East Asian laborers whose passports will be stolen upon arrival.

[@adamsaciid4919]

Environment 😂why you bother 😒

[@wawrzynieckorzen78]

Well, the answer is $. Australia probably did not pay bribes. This is a rookie mistake in football.

[@NickWasiliev_Official]

Here in Australia, all the money is publicly scrutinised and has to be provided largely by the tax payer. No money can be pushed under the table to bribe FIFA officials. Honestly, and I'm saying this from a purely organisational standpoint, we could pull off a killer World Cup. We've got the big stadiums that already can be converted for soccer matches - the infastructure around it is all there. We had the Women's World Cup last year and it was a smash, even non-soccer fans turned up in droves! We loved it! The only thing you'd need to do is maybe expand a few stadiums in the regional cities like Canberra - which we've been wanting to do anyway for our domestic sports. I look at all this and just shake my head.

[@sanitygone-l9y]

How do you think Qatar landed the World Cup back in 2022 despite not having any of the infrastructure built? Bribes.

[@ianallardyce4222]

11 new stadiums! FIFA has zero shame.

[@WildBill-kf2pc]

I don’t think they care about the people that have have to work for a living. I personally will never go to that Country.

[@footofblut981]

In a country that has no football culture

[@Yehyya]

​@@WildBill-kf2pcwell, they don't care

[@leumi2]

They got paid bro 😉

[@papaquonis]

@@footofblut981 Yeah, FIFA already showed us that football culture is entirely irrelevant, when they went to Qatar in 2022.

[@joshwingfield]

What's the human cost of this going to be?

[@Gizfreek]

yes

[@just_fares6230]

Zero

[@joshwingfield]

@@just_fares6230 have they done their due-diligence into their supply chains and their contractors? You seem to know so plz point me to where I can find it

[@silverXnoise]

@@just_fares6230They have your family at gunpoint already?

[@just_fares6230]

@@silverXnoise You should just stop believing the lying articles and see for yourself.

[@kohazi9554]

sustainability at its finest

[@rohitbumb9854]

😂

[@velisvideos6208]

It's a circular economy, assholes become dictators and dictators become even bigger assholes. Suggestion: build a giant hole of a city in the desert and call it Anucity. Make it 170 kilometers deep.

[@AndyGneiss]

@@velisvideos6208 Knowing their luck, they'll starting digging for the project and then find some precious resource to become even richer with.

[@rupanjan]

Spending all that money and labour on building these ridiculous stadiums for handful of World Cup games seems a bit irresponsible. No wonder Australia dropped out because this is outrageous

[@rawacademy5450]

You are indian right???....I understand you can't fathom

[@withamberarya]

To think logically you don't have to be indian. It's ridiculous even crown prince know that this is ridiculous , just doing to be in the good books of west ​@@rawacademy5450

[@jtorola]

@@rawacademy5450can’t comprehend wasting all this money and resources for a little bit of global prestige just to have everyone still hate you?!

[@julpasali]

What about Australia deciding they dont want to waste all that money, are they part of india as well?​@rawacademy5450

[@chefnyc]

If he is Indian, maybe he doesn’t like the fact that labor from certain people are wasted for vanity projects during the construction under the desert sun.

[@Zyzzyx42]

IOC: Wow, its getting expensive to host the Olympics. FIFA: Hold my beer.

[@ImNotPotus]

Can you even buy a beer here

[@svenhaheim]

Ridiculous giving sporting events to such countries.

[@d9918]

Money talks

[@IR._]

Yeah too many god awful countries getting the right to host the world’s biggest sporting event. The worst one being the one in 2 years time.

[@alialqublani8255]

They let the largest war crime country hold it, good ol USA

[@Ray03595]

@@IR._good one but at least America has its stadiums already built, populations to fill them and they won’t be totally empty after the tournament. Obvious reasons US hosts many world events. And if US were to build a stadium the workers get fair wages. The only tournament that didn’t go so great was Copa America 2024 which wasn’t overseen by the US, but by South Americas footballing government. US hosted 2016 Copa and there were zero issues

[@IR._]

@@Ray03595 none of what you said negates the fact that it’s an awful country

[@krzych91krk]

No "Human Rights Violation" Stadium?

[@silverXnoise]

11 of em.

[@adamsaciid4919]

Who cares human rights these days😂

[@wetbadger2]

😂

[@lllz3]

Take dogs from homeless people, because they deserve a better life, only in your country. What humanity is there, you hypocrites?

[@AK4SHGaming]

Didn't you see he already showed 11 of them

[@thewalrusaurus]

So like... Let's say they actually do build all these (which... Lol). Wtf is a single city in the middle of the Arabian desert going to do with a dozen gigantic outdoor sport arenas once the cup is over? I struggle to even imagine a more Titanic waste of money

[@cottsak]

You struggle? You haven’t heard about the NEOM projects then? 🤣

[@julpasali]

​@@cottsakthat's load of crap, nothing going to be built

[@cottsak]

@@julpasali you misunderstand me. Schit will get built. Titanic wasting of money will be did. And still none of it will look like the renders. Check back here in 10 years.

[@cavemann_]

To you it's Titanic amount of money, to them it's a pitiful amount of oil money.

[@WolfetoneRebel1916]

@@cavemann_ No it's not. Their reserves are not infinite.

[@Qwepzy]

Using the Countries money to name stadiums after themselves is just weird

[@NoHandleToSpeakOf]

It is a kingdom. Whole country belongs to a royal family. It is their personal money.

[@chefnyc]

They should name them after British monarchs who made them “king”

[@raidensnake9471016]

Damn a Haze profile picture! I think this is the first time I've ever seen one 😮

[@zezoksaxxx]

We are the citizens didn’t say anything why are you mad ? 😂😂😂 like when they have in the uk. A street in the name of king elizbith or charels i don’t see you cry about it ??? Hypocrisy 😂😂😂

[@user-sk8zq3fj1x]

Yeah just like using countries money to name hospitals, airports, train station being named after royals, its just weird (UK) 😅

[@ashtonturner2862]

None of these stadiums seem pratical.

[@bababababababa6124]

Even the ones that have already been built seem impractical lol

[@PROVOCATEURSK]

They are build by non-logical wonder-believing tribes.

[@tigerstallion]

they have like 3 fairly normal ones to fall back on

[@fonkbadonk5370]

Typical middle eastern extravaganza at its finest. Nothing is too expensive to look like "the man". In fact, the more expensive the better. I really don't vibe well with this.

[@cupq]

don't make videos on hoax projects

[@Kemkom]

see you in The Line 2034

[@silverXnoise]

“The B1M - Towing The Line Since 2024”

[@steinarne79]

One thing is for certain, they will set records in how many will loose their lives in constructing all this.

[@TeaCup1940]

Let's hope not. In Qatar at least 6500 migrant workers died.

[@isaacgeorge7288]

@@TeaCup1940 We got a good world cup, thats all that matters

[@xCoolverine]

I doubt these venues will be completed as rendered

[@abdulazizhashim2945]

the work is already started u can just google or check on Google Maps

[@fudgerace4356]

Mainstream media said the same abt Qatar before

[@MrMichiel1983]

@@fudgerace4356 Sure, but plenty of skyscrapers waiting to be finished and not rising one inch. Previous success does not automatically count as proof, whereas failure elsewhere does cast doubt. Success is only with those that keep moving forward (as you have pointed out), but those that take heed of failure elsewhere have better odds.

[@TeaCup1940]

And they probably won't have a proper sewage system...

[@akeel6328]

​@@MrMichiel1983Nonsense

[@Zyzzyx42]

1:23 Road cyclists on a BMX style pump track. yeah, someone there has no clue, but I'm not surprised either.

[@KSweeney36]

Was going to write the exact same thing.

[@endrawes0]

All hype and human rights abuses.

[@monsouralameel6674]

The west is so innocent right and definitely not committing genocide and sponsoring endless war! Ur all hypocrits

[@mro7970]

cry more lol

[@Your_Wife.s_Boyfriend]

We're not talking about the USA here , are we ?

[@zezoksaxxx]

Can specify the human rights? Oh you mean the free healthcare we get as citizens? Oh you mean the free colleges and education we get ? Oh you mean one the safes country in the world while i can walk at night without getting shout or ropped ? Or even getting killed by your own police? 😂😂 hypocrites

[@lllz3]

Take dogs from homeless people, because they deserve a better life, only in your country. What humanity is there, you hypocrites?

[@boredgrass]

That's what I really appreciate about your channel. You don't leave out the ethical dimensions in your journalism!

[@7stiano123]

The FIFA World Cup being the biggest sports event while FIFA being the most corrupt governing bodies in the world is insane

[@thevannmann]

The Olympics are bigger.

[@Altioale]

@@thevannmann not even close, WC by far biggest sports event on Earth

[@WYO_Dirtbag]

Correction: they aren't building the line at all.

[@ChristiaanHW]

Last thing i heard about the line is that they "upgraded" it to "The Dot".

[@phillyskyguy9535]

There's images of the excavation. What are you talking about

[@dapengu777]

Well they know how to render futuristic looking buildings but until now they havent build even one of there crazy projects

[@adamsaciid4919]

Cause you're blind 😂

[@q4lh]

Hahahaha we are do and you say only , it’s starting

[@MM-ev1fg]

You should go there. I didn’t believe it until I went but they’ve built a lot and are building lots.

[@AzzVipa]

Have you seen their giant clock building???

[@TeaCup1940]

@@AzzVipaDoesn't look futuristic at al, more like a cheap copy of the Big Ben.

[@Samuel_J1]

"It also happens to be sitting on the edge of a cliff" nearly made me spit out my tea 😂

[@AndyGneiss]

Tell me you're building an evil lair without telling me you're building an evil lair. It might come with a good view, though. Hehe.

[@saudmubarak1542]

Alharam, where kebba is is literally at the slid of a mountain, google it. Our mountains are VERY big to point where the edge of a mountain is so big, some nebgorhoods are on the "edge" here in my country. Not evey country is the same😅

[@jdillon8360]

Misleading title. You can't build a stadium on top of the line if you aren't building the line at all.

[@olninyo]

lead architect: midjourney operated by a small mammal

[@silverXnoise]

Construction foreman: This Sri Lankan fella we kidnapped

[@achbergerphoto]

They could feed the poor and hungry, but they rather use them as cheap labor for someting like this.

[@adamsaciid4919]

We life in capitalism world so why bother also it's not their business 😅

[@achbergerphoto]

@@adamsaciid4919 Because if you lift people from poverty, they will consume more. And consumption is the main driver of capitalism

[@silverXnoise]

@@adamsaciid4919 Boy you’re commenting _everywhere_ about how little we should all care about human rights and suffering…seems like you care a lot about excusing abuses…you on the payroll?

[@JJzerro]

why it sounds so famili... oh, yeah it's just like any other wealthy nation

[@isaacgeorge7288]

Screw that, Hosting the world cup is more important

[@flyingpanhandle]

"when Australia were encouraged to drop their bid"

[@silverXnoise]

Paging Dr. Bonesaw…

[@parks.atelier]

Video idea: Six Flags Qiddiya. It will feature the largest coaster in History (Falcon's Flight), the biggest Tilt coaster in the world, drop tower and frisbee. It will be directly next to the F1 Riyadh track, and is currently under construction (Falcons Flight is pretty much completed by now) The amount of architecture and engineering work to build this theme park is just impressive

[@silverXnoise]

The B1M! We love engineering at all costs. AT ALL COSTS.

[@charlesf4493]

Cmon, are you the only one that didn’t hear the Line is Bullshit?

[@GammaAerospace]

"Like any good striker, its got style and panache, and actually lives up to the hype" ... Shows Mbappe 💀💀

[@joangordoneieio]

Id have liked to hear more about the human rights violations...

[@bailey45747]

incredible what you can do with no human rights and slavery, really took one out of the 18th century european playbook

[@monsouralameel6674]

Ur probably supporting genocide and war but... you hypocrits have lost the right to speak the two words human rights

[@limhan3209]

Or 16th century Africans or 12th century Arabs or Roman's or Greeks or Egyptians

[@limhan3209]

Atleast the Europeans ended it

[@limhan3209]

Mongols, China....do I have to go on

[@hurryingdoor7435]

@@limhan3209so were there any plantations of skates in Arabia in the 1200s? Don’t bring your lies here. Slavery in those times was way different to the European slave trade

[@RealmsOfThePossible]

Anyone can get their macbook out on lunch break and render the most fantastical buildings to stroke the egos of megalomaniacs.

[@tccandler]

Very few of those will actually ever be built.

[@Treegus]

Great format for covering these

[@donaldmalcolmrigby]

You've taken the clickbait and sensationalism too far. Anyone with the slightest background in actual contracting, logistics, or economics knows this will never happen. Sad to see how far this channel has fallen, unsubbed.

[@thomasgrun3731]

wow, the saidis will really do anything besides acctually helping the world.

[@JJzerro]

why should they? however I partially agree, at least they should think more about the far future of their nation

[@MightBeRasor]

amazing how not even nearly all the money in the world can buy elegance

[@isaacgeorge7288]

The stadiums look beautiful, what are you talking about?

[@patrickdillon5517]

We really dont need to spend billions on kick ball

[@WizardsLore]

Already do, its called egg chasing or AFL.

[@papaquonis]

FIFA gives us yet another World Cup that can safely be skipped.

[@isaacgeorge7288]

Any world cup can be skipped if you want

[@SimonShaw-h5t]

Been away for a while, now I'm back and the channel is as good as ever. Soon be at 5m subs mate. Let's gooooooo.

[@Alejoninla]

12:12 warning to the international press to be nice or be the next Yamal Jashogyi

[@SaeedLegend]

It’s Arabian Gulf :)

[@MrJoeSomebody]

Not according to most of the world

[@bababababababa6124]

Literally nobody cares

[@SaeedLegend]

@@bababababababa6124 u cared enough to reply my guy

[@SaeedLegend]

@@MrJoeSomebody to the country he’s talking about in the video it is :)

[@mathiasbartl903]

Quiet, Saudoid!

[@Mike-1000]

*Ahhhh, good old Sports - washing at the highest levels* Feel sorry for the workers that are going to be doing all this.

[@Kishanth.J]

What is sports washing?

[@ChristiaanHW]

​@@Kishanth.J i think it's trying to erare the vad things you did/do (from people's minds), by organizing a sports event. Like greenwashing, shouting about the 5 trees you plant while driving an oversized car

[@Mike-1000]

@@Kishanth.J Sportswashing is a term used to describe the practice of nations, individuals, groups, corporations, or the government using sports to improve reputations tarnished by wrongdoing. A form of propaganda, sportswashing can be accomplished through hosting sporting events, purchasing or sponsoring sporting teams, or participating in a sport

[@isaacgeorge7288]

An architects dream is a construction workers nightmare. That's just life

[@guitarchitectural]

How many people will die and "disappear" for this to happen? I wish you guys would just ignore suadi arabia completely.

[@theWSt]

They are building 15 stadiums?? 15??? FIFTEEN??? Why do they need 15 stadiums for one event?? ONE SINGLE event?!? I can imagine, that the Saudis are motivated enough to build one extraordinary stadium, probably. But 15 stadiums are definitely not being built, never ever. This is publicity, nothing else.

[@samsonsoturian6013]

They need more stadiums than the other guy to show off how rich they are

[@PurpleChamelion-iy2xe]

When you have more money than sense

[@JRizzle86]

These stadiums are perhaps the most unsustainable infrastructure ever built.

[@MikeTotem]

You should have gone with a classic 4-4-2 formation. We miss those! :) Great video, as always.

[@ralmslb]

2:55 45k capacity isn't big by no ones standards... That is an average size for top level teams.

[@TY-sx3jb]

Pretty sure he’s saying the site itself is massive, not the stadium.

[@gilkin6328]

. In addition to “The Line” project, NEOM’s plans include establishing an industrial city, ports, and tourist sites. It is also scheduled to host the Asian Winter Games in 2029 in a mountain resort called Trogena.

[@chrisuduezue4866]

'Back row', it's football not rugby Fred. 😉

[@TheB1M]

Wait... there's a difference?!

[@memofromessex]

@@TheB1M One dives on the floor and doesn't get up; another dives on a floor, gets piled-on and gets up immediately, checking his teeth and ears are still attached.

[@GammaAerospace]

@@TheB1M One is a beautiful game of tactics and skill, the other is a bunch of big hairy men crashing into each other with one running with the ball as everyone chases him.

[@limhan3209]

​@@TheB1M weak effort

[@adamcheklat7387]

If i were an emperor, my projects will strike a perfect balance of style and substance. And no craziness like that Roshn Stadium!

[@silverXnoise]

Same levels of horrifying human rights abuses, presumably?

[@trevorpenucca]

These people playing real life Minecraft LOL

[@Treegus]

Thank you B1M

[@bloomp7999]

Purely in term of architecture, this video is more than our needed daily dose !

[@michaelwebsternz]

There are about 50 data centres being built for NEOM, I met the project manager for the projects in Dubai recently. You should do a story on all that data centre development. It's almost as crazy as the Line.

[@jlee4039]

This was hilarious, love it! It’s absolutely bonkers.

[@5thElem3nt]

Funny, that only the Aramco Stadium has cars in it's renders.

[@tonypapas9854]

And 90% of the facilities and associated stadium areas around them will be abandoned before and after - insane.

[@giovannijunior]

"We won't build because we need. We'll build because we CAN."

[@acme3drevit]

having 8 stadiums able to host world cup matches in one city. that seems like a great idea.

[@raidengl]

Love everything this channel puts out.

[@silverXnoise]

Blind approval of morally dubious behavior. No wonder they ❤ed this comment.

[@kenarts11]

After seeing the recent wars, I don’t know if if cramped up cities are great anymore

[@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.

[@stephencurry8552]

Sports-washing is all the murderer has. Attempting to buy his way out of financial collapse.

[@adamsaciid4919]

Literally that's what us doing now so what's your point

[@stephencurry8552]

@@adamsaciid4919 Learn how to properly construct a scentence in American English and I will respond... Till such time, you take a hike.

[@ChannelOne619]

This is as outlandish as space

[@montevideofoodie2527]

Amazing video, thank you

[@sailingxtremeadventures542]

Well that's going to be fun all sun and no ice cold beer!!

[@thedavegtoo]

These projects will likely be delivered behind schedule and over budget, yet will be built in time for 2034. Never forget that fantastic things can be created by combining money, will power and exploitation of 3rd world labour.

[@milxl]

those bikes on the BMX track are funny 😄

[@iannoble]

Bravo mentioning Bin Salman's human rights abuses!

[@adamsaciid4919]

Who care

[@iannoble]

@@adamsaciid4919 you would if you knew wtf you were talking about

[@mmsmits2868]

As long as we all keep letting car companies convince us we need gas SUVs instead of sedans or (gasp) EVs, they'll have more than enough money to build at least two or three of these...

[@johnholloway691]

Love the rendering at 1:19 of guys in spandex riding drop bar road bikes around a BMX track. Really? Try it some time. The graphic artist and everyone involved in commissioning this must be absolutely clueless! What else will they get wrong?

[@AndyGneiss]

That immediately jumped out to me as well. I wish them the best of luck with these ambitious projects, but will not be holding on to any hope.

[@lehoff]

I know nothing about nor care about football. However as someone thats working in KSA in major infrastructure projects these things are good news for me as it provides me with a long pipeline of work. Live in KSA is actually really enjoyable and is getting better as the west gets more involved.

[@W0AKZ]

اكتشفت أن الأجانب يحسدوننا تمامًا مثل محيطنا البائس.🙂

[@kingmoochoo]

No mention of the human rights abuses that Dubai had building it's stadiums, or the controversial way that the world cup is in the middle east again in such a short time.😢

[@SystemBD]

What do you mean? The section of 11:46 is centered around those issues.

[@isaacgeorge7288]

If the workers chose to go there, they lost the right to complain

[@triplebbb291]

If my hairline was that strong, I would build a football stadium on it

[@oceanbnd]

That's ridiculous to have that many stadiums that close together. Are there many people within the area to fill them all? Sounds like overkill.

[@patrickl2195]

Okay, I’ll bite… Why is the late Bernard Cribbins playing Wilfred Mott being shown at 3:17 with the words “COURTESY OF BUNGIE/ECKHARTS LADDER” (your caps), especially when the video is from Doctor Who episode The End of Time, Part 2 (I think), who’s copyright is probably held by the BBC?

[@AndyGneiss]

So it wasn't just me who thought that bit was weird? Also, the footage choice for Halo was terrible. They went to make an architectural or stylistic comparison with Halo but I'd say didn't even really try the visual comparison, instead covering it up with something that could have resembled a joke under conditions I fail to see.

[@lightninlarry8936]

There’s no way half of these get built

[@stereothrilla8374]

Damn! Render hustle go hard! Too bad none of these pipe dreams will ever be built!😂😂😂

[@isaacgeorge7288]

That's what they said about Qatar, and it was the best World Cup to date

[@Matt-wc2mf]

"While it's hard to believe any of the more experimental stadiums will get built" Yep... So we're counting on about 10 or so of these actually being built?

[@AndyGneiss]

If "actually being built" entails being used as intended for actual sporting events, and not just closed down after just a few events, I think I'll make the guess of three of them actually being built.

[@GeographRick]

The first Riyadh stadium rendition is ridiculous. They're showing it surrounded by trees--in the middle of the desert. Unless they want to waste enormous quantities of water to support it, it will always be a desert. If they irrigated it, how much water does that waste?

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

4:04 The mad spirit of experimental architecture is to be applauded especially as it's withering on the vine in the current cost conscious climate. As just mentioned, how close will these imagined befores be to their actual afters? Can you foresee a situation where FIFA permits all those distracting screens to be on during world cup matches? Can you imagine the added pressure on the players to beat the competition? Not from the other team but from the screens. Finally, can you imagine that if FIFA allows them to be functioning during a game, can you imagine them allowing anything other than the live feed or replays on them? I dunno, something like adverts to be shown too..‽ Of course they will!!!

[@hsvr]

All the westerns who live in concrete cities are going to be very upset about this

[@Enhancedlies]

'back row' plus your dream team graphic is back to front! freddie and football do not mix haha

[@AmorosoGombe]

Majority of poor people in developing countries don't have: Piped water, drainage, sewers, refuse collection, welfare payments (for basic food shelter and clothing), paved sidewalks, roads, street lighting, clean public schools access, clean public hospitals access, access to impartial justice. Providing all of those things will create millions of real jobs in addition to lifting the country out of hovel status. That's what our governments should be focused upon, not hugely expensive luxury projects. Just my take, no offense intended towards anyone.

[@GazMoby]

Very enjoyable as always 👍 However I will believe these tenders when I see them built, which I doubt will happen.

[@tumiskw]

Saudi Arabia built King Abdullah economic city and it failed therefore i will not be shocked if THE LINE follows the same fate. What also are they going to do with all this stadiums after the world cup especially in Riyadh, most of their domestic football matches are played in empty crowds.

[@crlake]

Why are this many stadiums needed. Do they need to be thrown away after its used once?

[@pyrho1]

These silly Arabs have too much money and not enough sense

[@evernight.]

To build 11 new stadiums for a single tournament while 90% of your citizens are living like rats is an asbolute insanity 😶

[@ZK-7]

MBS should invite the consulting firms to the Ritz Carlton and get his money back.

[@Foxx_33]

I'm genuinely tired of these ridiculous arab projects. They're either so over the top they're never happening or if they do happen it results in a pointless waste of money that adds no real value to their cities or countries.

[@28704joe]

All this stadium building for a population that will never utilize it is a clear signal the Prince hasn't clue how to lead his country into the future.

[@hurryingdoor7435]

Hopefully things change-ruler wise

[@imamario]

Squandering their oil revenue on 11 new stadiums, while needing to construct an entire city just to surround one of them. Wild.

[@selleryy]

FT . Another World Cup without a beer.