NEOM, Saudi Arabia

Exclusive: Saudi Arabia prioritizes sports for NEOM plans as costs balloon, sources say
Saudi Arabia has scaled back lofty ambitions for its NEOM gigaproject to prioritize completing elements essential to hosting global sporting events over the next decade as rising costs weigh, three sources told Reuters a day after the sudden departure of the project's longtime CEO.
The Line — a key part of Saudi Arabia's Neom project — is a visionary but flawed concept, urban planners say
Saudi Arabia is constructing a huge mirrored city in the desert called The Line. The parallel skyscrapers planned to stretch for just over 100 miles and accommodate millions of people. The project is one part of Neom, the kingdom's ambitious venture that ...
Neom's CEO Is Out In Another Blow For Saudi Arabia's Ambitious Planned City
Saudi Arabia's ambitious futuristic city plans have been bogged down by delays and changes. The most recent is the departure of its CEO, Nadhmi al-Nasr.
Saudi Arabia is trying to build a mega-city in the desert. Now, Neom is dialing back plans for its first stage.
The authoritarian country is spending billions on international athletics, from Formula 1 to combat sports, to boost its bottom line and image.
Long-time CEO of NEOM goes as Saudi Arabia scales back mega-projects
The futuristic city is central to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's plan to create new engines of economic growth beyond oil. But some of the schemes have had to be scaled back due to rising costs.
​Saudi Arabia prioritises sports for Neom project as costs soar
Saudi Arabia has scaled back ambitions for its Neom gigaproject, amid rising costs, in order to prioritise completing elements that are essential to hosting global sporting events, sources have told Reuters following the sudden departure of the project’s long-time CEO.
Saudi Arabia's Neom replaces its CEO amid reports of delays and cutbacks
Neom's board of directors announced on Tuesday the appointment of Aiman Al-Mudaifer as acting CEO of the company following ...
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Saudi Arabia scales back Neom plans to focus on World Cup and Asian Games
Saudi Arabia has scaled back some of its ambitious plans for Neom, the megacity it is building in the northwest of the ...
NEOM green hydrogen project on track
Despite recent setbacks for the megacity, its renewable hydrogen project is seeing higher demand than production capacity.
Saudi Arabia parts ways with the CEO of Neom, its new desert megacity
Neom, Saudi Arabia's ambitious megacity project, is a key part of the kingdom's Vision 2030 scheme. Its CEO stepped down ...
Saudi Arabia Replaces CEO Of Futuristic Mega-city NEOM
Saudi Arabia announced Tuesday that it was replacing the chief executive of its futuristic mega-city NEOM as scepticism ...
Saudi Arabian megacity Neom replaces its CEO
The departure of the longtime CEO marks a major shakeup at Neom, which is a showpiece of Riyadh’s economic ambitions.
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NEOM Names Phase One Design Team for Saudi Arabia 'The Line' Megaproject
Gensler, Mott MacDonald and DMAA are contributing planning, design and engineering services for the first 2.4 km of the ...
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Saudi gigaproject: NEOM boss leaves abruptly; names new Acting CEO
Nadhmi al-Nasr, CEO of Saudi Arabia’s ambitious NEOM project, has unexpectedly left his role in a significant change for ...
Saudi Arabia’s NEOM megaproject boss sacked after ‘threatening to BURY worker in desert’ in latest blow to $1tn scheme
THE highly controversial boss of Saudi Arabia’s pricey NEOM project has been sacked after allegedly threatening to bury a ...