Posted on 05/22/2015 6:40:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan - A $100 billion city-from-scratch in Saudi Arabia is to be completed by 2035 and will serve as the main logistics and manufacturing hub for countries on the Red Sea, the world's "largest new emerging market," said the CEO of the company in charge of the mega-project.
The business model of an entire city being built by the private sector was so unusual that it required adjustments in the beginning, said Fahd al-Rasheed, the Group CEO of Emaar Economic City (EEC), which is building the King Abdullah Economic City.
"Putting that first phase together is the most difficult point," he told The Associated Press...
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How about build arcologies?
American money has build enormous, beautiful cities.
Remember back in the 90s when Clinton told us not to drill in Alaska because it would take ten years for the oil to start flowing?
Instead of drilling, we sent the Saudis money to build this city.
The future ISIS/ISIL world headquarters?
They would be happy to destroy it.
Move the UN there.
This will never happen.
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