World Cup and Expo Projects 2024

FIFA confirmed in a press statement that #Saudi Arabia is the sole bidder for the 2034 tournament and that the FIFA administration will conduct comprehensive bidding and evaluation processes for the 2030 and 2034 editions of the World Cup with the host country during many of the International Federation’s conferences from 2024. The #Saudi Federation stated earlier that Saudi Arabia’s candidacy received great support from various football federations on the continents within a short period, through official statements in which it announced the Kingdom’s support for hosting the tournament. It is worth noting that the Kingdom will host during the coming period the 2023 Club World Cup and the 2027 Asian Cup finals, In addition to several one of the major world championships in various games.

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Per these regulations, FIFA Management will conduct a targeted dialogue with bidders, to ensure that full bids are received and evaluated in accordance with the minimum hosting requirements as previously approved and agreed upon by the #FIFA Council. Moreover, regarding some updates to the Saudi 2034 FIFA World Cup program and the 2030 projects, firstly, as the main plan for the World Expo, the player and media facilities, currently located inside the eastern stand, will be moved to the west to be close to the WIP and VIP areas. It will be in 3 locations, #Jeddah Central, #Neom, and #Qiddiya. NEOM is also the flagship project of Saudi Arabia 2030, an ambitious project to diversify the economy of the world's largest oil exporter before other energy sources begin to replace crude oil.

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The Kingdom will host the 2027 #Asian Cup Finals for the first time in its history, and for this event, Saudi Arabia is preparing 10 stadiums in the cities of #Riyadh, #Jeddah and #Dammam to hold the Asian Championship matches. As for the stadiums and training facilities that will be built and expanded there is one in Riyadh and in Easter Province, the largest one is Fahad international, the current capacity: 68,750 It will be expanded to 92,000). In addition, 2026 AFC women's Asian 18 training facilities in the host cities, 2017 AFC 30 training facilities, 2034 36 team training facilities. Each stadium will have 3 official training sites (will start in July 2024).

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The focus will be on the identified priority areas of the event's vision, key metrics, infrastructure, services, commercial, sustainability, and human rights. But the current capacity of the stadium does not meet the demands. First the capacities are not commensurate with population growth and the expected growth in the number of family attendance. Second, Reduced capacity affects the ability to bid successfully. Third current stadium conditions are not suitable for future hosting ambitions. Unfortunately, the current stadium conditions do not meet the growth ambitions of clubs and events and current stadium conditions limit commercialization.

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About the details of the Expo masterplan and anticipated construction and infrastructure requirements. The player and media facilities, currently located inside the East Stand, will be moved to the west to be closer to the WIP and VIP areas, according to Asian Federation. Moreover, the new seating layers are designed to meet modern seating dimensions and provide improved comfort for spectators. And the new low-profile playground will be placed on top of an improved playground irrigation and drainage system and will have a custom plan. Lastly, new LED floodlights installed on the leading edge of the roof will illuminate the field to AFC Championship standards.

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Some Impact of the two events on the projects ecosystem and their impact on best practices on the construction sector. The current stadium conditions limit commercialization. Current stadium condition unfit for future hosting ambition. But according to FIFA recognized that climate change is the most pressing global challenge in the world, acknowledged the impact of sporting events on the environment, the economy and societies and affirmed its commitment to improving cooperation with stakeholders and providing measurable environmental benefits before, during and after competition. Furthermore, the impact of the events on the already overheated market. The official budget of $7.8 billion has been approved, of which about $400 million is provided to developing countries to support their own wings, which will greatly impact the market.

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Emergence of major contracts to be tendered and awarded over the next 12 to 24 months. First, increasing the capacity of King Fahd Stadium in Riyadh to 92,000 seats (30 months) Second, expanding the seating capacity of Riyadh's Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium to 45,000 (26 months). Third, increasing the capacity of Prince Mohammed bin Fahd stadium in Dammam to 30,000 seats (26 months). Fourth, increase in seating capacity for the prince Saud bin Jalawi stadium in Al-Khair to 45,000 (26 months). Last, the construction of a sustainable New Riyadh Stadium in the north of Riyadh with 45,000 seats (26 months).

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Finally, the most important lessons learnt from the FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar, limited data granularity and constraints in assessing the impact of nudges Provide. In addition, training for staff regarding new policies and practices, led by nutrition and behavioral. Last, the key drivers and challenges going forward, bid many processes masterplan handled by the royal commission for Riyadh and Under if RCRC will remain the client for infrastructure. The 2022 World Cup in Qatar has showcased Arab and Islamic culture on the international stage in a way that has been sorely missing. It showed the world the Arab countries to host World Cup finals in the future. The world will be looking forward to what Saudi Arabia will offer to the world. For some challenge, the time is the big challenging thing but Saudi Arabia is making all its comprehensive efforts to complete the plans it has drawn up to overcome difficulties and challenges.

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