Dubbed the 'Riviera of the Middle East', the development will consist of 2,500 hotel rooms and 700 private residential villas along with a retail area with 200 outlets. The 3,000 square kilometre development, which will be spread across the three sites, will have its own airport and target luxury travellers and entertainment and leisure facilities and is expected to be completed in 2028.

This mega project worth USD500 million, will have a new megacity on the Red Sea near Saudi Arabia’s northeast border with Egypt and Jordan and cover an area about thirty-three times the size of New York City. The first phase is expected to be completed by 2025.

This mega project encompasses an archipelago of more than 90 pristine islands, miles of sweeping desert and dramatic landscapes that include volcanoes, and canyons. It has been designed with a strong focus on heritage, culture and conservation and will provide 8,000 new hotel rooms once completed.

Majid Al Futtaim will invest USD 533 million to open 600 multiplex cinemas in the next five years in Saudi Arabia. In addition to this, US-based Entertainment Holdings, plans to open 100 cinemas more by 2030.

Saudi Entertainment Ventures (Sevens), a subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), has unveiled seven entertainment development projects including a one-sq-km amusement park, three leisure and sport style complexes in Dammam and Khobar, and 50 cinemas across the Kingdom by 2022.

Jeddah Central Project will provide an
exceptional environment within which residents, workers and visitors can live, work and thrive.
The project will include four landmarks – an
opera House, museum, sports stadium and
oceanarium.