Saudi desert megacity to host Asian Winter Games

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'The deserts and mountains of Saudi Arabia will soon be a playground for winter sports,' said the Olympic Council of Asia. TheSun TheSunDaily news sports sportsnews SaudiArabia desert wintergames AsiaWinterGames megacity Neom Prince

This file handout photo provided by Saudi Arabia's NEOM on July 26, 2022 shows the design plan for the 500-metre tall parallel structures, known collectively as The Line, in the heart of the Red Sea megacity NEOM. - AFPPIX: Saudi Arabia was chosen Tuesday to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games at an under-construction $500 billion futuristic desert megacity that planners say will feature a year-round winter sports complex.

First announced in 2017, NEOM has consistently raised eyebrows for proposed flourishes like flying taxis and robot maids, even as architects and economists have questioned its feasibility. One of 10 regions within NEOM, it is situated about 50 kilometres inland from the Gulf of Aqaba in an area that, like much of the rest of the kingdom, receives very little rainfall.

“You cut a new road through that environment and you’ll never repair it,“ Philip Gullett, Trojena’s executive director, said in an interview on its website. The manmade lake will be filled with desalinated sea water and will be about five metres deep, Gullett said.

 

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