Please forgive me if this has already been covered.
Money, sex trafficking, Missles, Laser weapons, drugs & Stolen Technologies. Siemans?
But we can't do anything about it because there will be a Disneyland built there. Children as shields? Sick!
Trusting the plan.
WWG1WGA!
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/29/king-salman-launches-saudi-arabias-answer-to-disneyland
King Salman launches Saudi Arabia's 'answer to Disneyland'
Saudi ruler inaugurates construction of 130-sq-mile entertainment park near Riyadh
Agence France-Presse in Riyadh
Sun 29 Apr 2018 10.20 EDT Last modified on Sun 29 Apr 2018 17.00 EDT
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Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has launched the construction of an “entertainment city” near Riyadh, part of a series of multibillion dollar projects aimed at helping the oil-dependent kingdom diversify its economy.
The project is part of a sweeping reform and investment programme known as Vision 2030, the brainchild of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who also attended the ceremony on Saturday evening.
Authorities have touted the 130-sq-mile (334 sq km) project in Qiddiya, south-west of the capital, as the kingdom’s answer to Disneyland.
Its first phase, which includes high-end theme parks, motor sport facilities and a safari area, is expected to be completed in 2022, officials say.
They hope the park will draw in foreign investment and attract 17 million visitors by 2030.
Saudi Arabia also hosted its first public film screening in more than 35 years this month, after lifting a decades-long ban on cinemas last year.
Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority said in February it would stage more than 5,000 festivals and concerts in 2018, double last year’s figure, and pump $64bn (£46bn)) into the sector in the coming decade.
Saudis spend billions of dollars a year to see films and visit amusement parks in neighbouring tourist hubs such as Dubai and Bahrain.
The kingdom has also sought to court investors with three hi-tech “giga projects”, funded in part by its sovereign wealth fund.
Aside from Qiddiya, the kingdom has unveiled blueprints for NEOM – billed as a regional Silicon Valley to be built from scratch – and a reef-fringed Red Sea resort.
Sceptics have questioned the viability of the projects, worth hundreds of billions of dollars, in an era of cheap oil.
Wikipedia
Neom
Neom (styled NEOM; Arabic: Niyūm) is a planned 26'500 sq km (10'230-square-mile) transnational city and economic zone to be constructed in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia close to the border region of Saudi Arabia and Egypt (via a proposed bridge across the Straits of Tiran via Tiran Island).[2]
Neom
Transnational City
Neom is located in Saudi Arabia
Announced
October 24, 2017
Founded by
Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman
Government
• Director
Nadhmi Al-Nasr[1]
Website
www.discoverneom.com
Inauguration of the project Edit
The city was announced by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on October 24, 2017.[4] He said it will operate independently from the “existing governmental framework” with its own tax and labor laws and an "autonomous judicial system."[5]
The initiative emerged from Saudi Vision 2030, a plan that seeks to reduce Saudi Arabia's dependence on oil, diversify its economy, and develop public service sectors. Ghanem Nuseibeh told Inverse that the Saudi intention was "..to shift from oil to high tech and put Saudi kingdom at the forefront of technological advances. This is the post-oil era. These countries are trying to flourish beyond oil exporting and the ones who don’t will be left behind."[6] The German Klaus Kleinfeld, former chairman and CEO of Alcoa Inc., and former president and CEO of Siemens AG, will direct the development of the city. Plans call for robots to perform functions such as security, logistics, home delivery, and caregiving[7] and for the city to be powered solely with wind and solar power.[5] Because the city will be designed and constructed from scratch, other innovations in infrastructure and mobility have been suggested. Planning and construction will be initiated with $500 billion from the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia and international investors.[8] The first phase of the project is scheduled for completion by 2025.[9]
NEOM project[11] is located in Tabuk,
Klaus Kleinfeld was announced as the inaugural director for the Neom project upon its launch by Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman on 24 October 2017. But, on 3 July 2018, Klaus Kleinfeld was announced that he would be the new advisor to Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman from 1 August 2018 onwards. Nadhmi Al-Nasr would be succeeding him as the new Director of Neom from 1 August 2018.[13]