We like to keep up with news and events in NEOM, Saudi Arabia and the surrounding area. Here are some of the news sites we read regularly.
Saudi Arabia’s NEOM development sets new standards for procurement and materials handling through logistics partnerships with Vinci, ACS and WeBuild Saudi Arabia's NEOM development is reshaping supply chain management on an unprecedented scale, with a US$10bn logistics joint venture setting new standards for procurement and materials handling in mega-construction projects.
Unnamed sources cited by report in Financial Times point to natural advantages of goegraphical position, sea water for cooling, renewable energy and opportunity to attract investment Saudi Arabia will scale back its hugely ambitious NEOM megaproject to create a new livable region in the desert in the northwest of the country, on the Red Sea coast. The project was announced in 2017 by Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman and was a cornerstone of his Vision 2030. It was to cover about 26,500 square km, roughly the size of Belgium.
The Middle East’s renewable energy sector is entering a new phase, shifting from rapid capacity expansion to smarter integration of generation, storage, and grid systems, according to energy expert Dr Mutasim Nour of Heriot‑Watt University Dubai. The region has already made headlines with projects such as the UAE’s Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park and Saudi Arabia’s NEOM Green Hydrogen Project, and it aims to triple renewable capacity to 150GW by 2030. However, challenges including grid congestion, supply-demand mismatch, and intermittent generation are prompting a focus on solutions like energy storage systems, hybrid energy setups, and flexible electricity grids.
NEOM is known for its ambitious projects, but has THE LINE proven to be too ambitious to reach completion? With a number of reports on the progress (or lack thereof), Saudi Arabia’s walled city has come under scrutiny yet again for having unrealistic targets… When Saudi Arabia unveiled THE LINE in 2021, the megacity was positioned as the crown jewel of NEOM – the $500 billion, futurist region at the heart of Vision 2030.
A statement on Saturday from the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SOPC) and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said the event will be held at a "later date to be announced in due course". No official reason has been given for the postponement but Singapore publication The Straits Times, external has reported that there has been a delay in the construction of a ski resort.
With the countdown on to the FIFA World Cup 2034 in Saudi Arabia, it is perhaps little surprise that football is viewed as a central pillar of NEOM’s plans to help nurture a physically active society in the Kingdom – for women as well as men. Few would have anticipated the transformational progress of women’s football in Saudi Arabia over recent years, and the influence it is having on the growth of women’s sport, which has long been at the forefront of NEOM’s strategic objectives.
Parsons Corporation received a 60-month contract from New Murabba Development Company, owned by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, to provide design and construction technical support for the New Murabba development project.
Some people seem to think so.
When Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman proposed building a 110-mile horizontal urban “skyscraper” called the Line near the border of Jordan and Egypt in 2020—the centerpiece of a vast new planned city called NEOM—many of the world’s most prestigious firms clamored to sign up. These ranged from the usual suspects of neoliberal future-making, like Thom Mayne’s aesthetically erratic outfit Morphosis, to firms that inherited the city-building impulses of modernism, such as Peter Cook and an I.M. Pei–less Pei Cobb Freed.
Saudi Arabia is now home to the world’s tallest and fastest rollercoaster after US-based Six Flags opened its first theme park outside North America in the kingdom. The successful $1bn construction of Six Flags Qiddiya City is a step forward for the country’s rulers after a series of its futuristic gigaprojects have been hit by setbacks.
After more than 100 years of absence, lions may once again roam parts of the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia has announced plans to reintroduce lions as part of its broader environmental restoration and biodiversity conservation strategy, marking one of the most ambitious wildlife rewilding initiatives ever attempted in the Middle East. If successful, the effort would restore a lost apex predator and reshape ecosystems that have been without lions for generations.
Saudi Arabia, a nation known for its vast oil reserves and ambitious Vision 2030, has made a significant move in securing its financial future by approving a borrowing plan worth SR217 billion ($57.9 billion) for 2026. The decision, endorsed by the country's Finance Minister, signals a strategic maneuver aimed at ensuring the continued development of the nation’s infrastructure, economic diversification, and long-term financial stability.
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