The development is set to include an industrial city, a mountain ski resort and garden-lined residential clusters
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has big ambitions with Neom. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/PABLO BLAZQUEZ DOMINGUEZ
The design takes the shape of two parallel buildings with mirrored surfaces, rising 500m above sea level — taller than the Empire State Building — and stretching horizontally for more than 100km. They’re part of the prince’s $500bn Neom project, a plan to turn an expanse of desert the size of Belgium into a hi-tech region.
But five years in, Neom has been plagued by setbacks, many stemming from the difficulty of implementing the prince’s grand and ever-changing ideas, according to current and former employees.
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