Sources tell Financial Times that ambitious desert city to be scaled back significantly and redesigned, as financial squeeze hits Riyadh's flagship projects
Sources tell Financial Times that ambitious desert city to be scaled back significantly and redesigned, as financial squeeze hits Riyadh's flagship projects
A picture taken on 30 October 2024 shows an artist's illustration model of Neom Line city in Saudi Arabia (AFP/Fayez Nureldine)
Published date: 26 January 2026 13:02 GMT
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Saudi Arabia ‘scales back plans for 100-mile desert megacity’ after spending concerns
Saudi Arabia to scale back Neom megaproject
Saudi Arabia giga-ambitions crash into the wall of reality
Work suspended on Riyadh’s massive Mukaab megaproject: Reuters
Saudi Arabia postpones 2029 Asian Winter Games at NEOM
The Line, a 170-kilometre long and 2-kilometre wide megacity envisaged in the Saudi Arabian desert at the heart of the Neom…
A Saudi official said last year that the government had ‘spent too much’ on its flagship project
The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia’s dreams of a glittering, futuristic city spanning his nation’s desert have come crashing down.
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Review expected to propose a significant redesign after years of delays and overruns
The Line was unveiled as part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030 plan in 2016 - it is now being massively scaled…
