A tent in the African Sahara watching the wildlife is more exciting than sitting in a posh hotel looking at sand. But thats just me

I feel they should invest in animation projects because the animation team is doing such a great job!

This gonna end up like one of your unfinished Minecraft projects

This is 1 of the clearest examples of having more money than sense that I've ever seen.

I came here for a construction update about the Line. Not to hear about other projects. If I wanted to hear about those other projects I would have searched for information on those projects.

These hotels for the super rich won’t last if they are built, once the 1% visits them and gets bored they’ll just sit empty.

all glass towers makes a lot of sense in a place where is 50 deg C in the day and zero water

Windex is going to love this.... sales will go up for sure cleaning those mirrors/windows

Really going for the Mordor aesthetic here aren’t they?

Not utopia ... dystopia

So any questionsb 1. Logistics in the building, wather, garabage, food 2. Who will live there? 3. Why live there.? 4. How much will it cost per month?

The Line is the most inefficient, muddle headed architectural design that I've ever hear of. Building a city in a line is the only way to guarantee that each place is a maximum distance away from any other place plus maximum exposure to the elements therefor guaranteeing residents maximum transportation and hydro costs possible.

That's like two Berlin walls against each other and people living in between. Sounds like freedom. Who guards the doors in and out?

I think if I sell my house, I can afford a weekend at one of these luxury resorts. I can't wait...

The most interesting thing to me about The Line is, how do they expect to get 9 million residents to move there? Most cities are built up in areas with lots of people with lots of growth, but for this project they will have to move in. I may just be underestimating interest in people who want to move there, but getting 9 million people to move to a new prototype city in the desert seems like a stretch. Also on a side note, is there any plan for fires or natural disasters? I'm legitimately curious to see if anyone has any ideas for an escape plan or safety features in this city because with how compact the entire thing is I can't imagine there aren't going to have to be many contingencies for emergencies in this project. I'm skeptical but I will applaud them if Saudi Arabia can pull this off 😂

Regardless what they build, Neom is still located in a bleak desert near nothing. No jungles, limited wildlife (unless desert mice and beetles are your thing), no surf, no historical sites, no local culture. It's a new city in a patch of dirt near the coast. You can sit in a luxury hotel lobby in some awesome places in the world, why travel there?

I just wonder how many tourists they think there really are. I mean they are competing with millions of other places. "Futuristic glass and steel building" in the middle of nowhere doesn't sound so nice. The rich may splurge, but how many times would they actually go back?

it's all fun to design and render stuff but I do wonder how many of these projects will actually be realized

I hope just game designers are taking huge inspiration from these ideas. They sound amazing and totally realistic in a digital world. They also sound literally insane, and most will never happen.

The european mind and creativity is undefeated.

Spending extra money to integrate into mountains in remote areas, and building buildings that have extra structurally non useable areas makes perfect sense in saving the planet. Rich people are such hypocrites.

I really can't understand how someone would even come to such bizarre idea like "The line", let alone try to build it, or even want to live in that prison. Wtf?

Starbucks? Okay i boycot the whole project

So a bunch of guys with pizza restaurant tablecloths on their heads are building a Borg Cube. Seems legit.

The title should rather be "THE TRENCH is growing fast !". While some of the announced projects in NEOM are truly going well as shown in this video, it doesn't look the same for the Line. Despite many videos claiming that the LINE is progressing, it is in reality still nothing more than a huge trench on the site of the announced Line.

The Houthis are looking forward to the completion.

Where are they going to get water for drinking, never mind for the showers and toilets, for all these mega projects in the desert? Seems conjuring fresh water supply will be the most interesting part.

Finaly someone is advancing us into "The Fifth Element" levels :)

the country is filling up with projects that will never be finished.

I have a friend who's always working on six or seven projects at the same time ...over the years I have yet to see him finish anything.

mark my words, the line will either: 1) Get cancelled and nobody will ever live on it 2) Get completed, but the mega-rich won't want to live in it, so it gets abandoned, then it attracts homeless people and poor people. Next thing you know, you have now a larger kowloon walled city

Most tourists will never be able to afford the price level needed to get these projects off the ground.

Great film animation. Worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster.

Really sad that KSA chose to pursue these glass box vanity projects instead of building vernacular style buildings, or expanding nuclear-powered water desalination, or anything else worthwhile.

The Line sounds like a white elephant megalomaniac's dream turning into a Judge Dredd like dystopia prison.

The Line equals The Truman Show on a massive scale.

Tourism can be a profitable industry- in destination locations with access to easy travel for large number of populations...like many European cities, Vegas, Orlando, Carribean resorts, etc. To be a primary industry- you need lots of cheap labor, great weather, and the corresponding housing and transportation needed for the working folks. Easy flights, trains etc. to get there- like Vegas- cheap flights all day long and lots of reasonably close by high population cities. None of these criterium seem to be in place for these projects. They are assuming that extremely wealthy peoples will flock there- well there isn't enough extremely wealthy people to fulfill this, especially if middle east tycoons oil money dries up over the next 40 years- which it likely will- that is why they are seeking diversity of income sources. Diversity of income would be other industries- like manufacturing, technology, health care, agricultural, finance/banking, etc. And let's be honest- lots of people vacation for the sights, but many also want some sins, like alcohol, partying, gambling, bikini clad beaches, chasing woman- or men- which is not really something you're going to find much of in the middle east. Weather and safety- political safety- are also considerations for non-middle east tourists. I don't see this ending well, but fun to watch.

If they are going to build The Line at all (which they really should not if they were sensible) they should fully construct about 100-200 meters of it, move people in to live and see if it is even remotely workable in real life...and not just in idealized rendered graphical images.

Have they learned from their previous projects that they need to connect it to a sewage system or will they just have a constant line of sewage trucks servicing it like they do for the Burj Khalifa?

What a great idea to put 170km long 500m height wall made of glass in the middle of the desert (!)

When i think of vacation destinations, Saudi Arabia is always top of the list ... Pretty sure said no one ever. The ultra wealthy may go a time or two because they've exhausted other places, but thats about it.

The catch is that there's a really tiny chance of 100% that none of these projects will be finished. Ever.

A circular hi tech city would’ve made more sense than a line

All I see is luxury this, luxury that. GCC doesnt need more luxury hotels and restaurants. It needs real cities with jobs and corporations, and a middle class.

Have these people been drug tested recently? Just saying... Anyway, good luck with "all that".

At least the Saudis and the Emirates are thinking big and bold. What people may not be taking into account is that these wealthy countries will outlast other countries that will fail because their old infrastructure will not survive the climate changes.

Conceived by the same man-child who paid $300 million on the spot at the Paris Airshow for an Airbus 380-so enchanted was he with the soon-to-be-obsolete double-decker airliner! Saudi Arabia needs more grown-ups.

Wonder how many corners will be cut to reach deadlines. Wouldn't surprise me after this is built that they'll be many issues

These projects all look like English 'Folies' (folie à deux) where a wealthy person meets an architect that has great wondrous ideas but little sense of the practical world. Noam, where will the water be piped from and waste sent? The transport to/from airports, delivery of thousands of tons of food each day...? Will every one travel by PT, and fast train? What is the advantage of putting living space in a straight line, when every civilization has always spread out in a plain (two dimensions not one dimension).

I still don't get what the con game is with The Line. A 500m skyscraper 160km long is impossible.

The Linet is the epitome of the saying "more money than brains". A bad idea for a number of reasons.

How many Nepalese and Filipino workers does it take to build all those projects with hammer and towel?

😂 I hope they figure out the plumbing situation and don’t end up like some other “rich” countries where they don’t have a way of carrying toilet waste from this place to a water treatment facility…. No more poop trucks pumping feces out and driving it into the desert to “dispose” of.

Those hotels in the desert look like they came straight out of Mordor.

My Mother often said " Do the best you can with what you've got!" What they have is sand and desert...

Guess this is what’s called “stupidly rich”

They could not pay me enough to ever go to Saudi Arabia.

Most skyscrapers in Manhattan are nearly empty.. humans are really great at building stuff they don't actually need

These new prisons are getting fancier and fancier.

The 'Line', is situated on a continental fault line between two tectonic plates, you can see the fault line running the length of the Red sea, an earthquake could potentially undo all of it sending a tsunami up the length of the construction with no place to go for millions of people, remember the narrower the space the higher the wave depending on the severity of the quake and water displacement. The gulf of Aqaba is also a fault line that runs through to the dead sea etc.

This massive project, puts to rest the idea that the seas will rise an swamp the coasts of planet. Theres no way this would be built if the world was in danger from climate change.

Total waste of money. Our wealth is being spent in none productive total bullshit projects but there is no one to tell MBs that people don’t agree with him or with what he is doing. A large silent majority whose voice is silent for fear of retaliation by the police …… he simply has no clue how unpopular he is in the face of the chears of his close associates

The architect of the Wellness Hotel is called Killa 😂

That shot at 9:17 definitely looks like they're maintaining an ecological paradise if I say so myself!

I would like this opportunity to thank the esteemed prince for spending hundreds of billions of dollars on future james bond sets.

Neom, if it's ever completed might be like the Peach Trees tower in Dredd.

Man this is some super villain stuff. I feel for whoever they trick into moving into these slave pens

21st century cutting edge architecture in a 6th century society. What is the point of a 105 mile long but thin city in the middle of nowhere?

Since there won't be any cars allowed in the line, it makes me wonder what will happen if a fire breaks out in one of the buildings. It seems that they haven't given this disaster scenario any thought and if a fire did break out, it seems that it would simple spread quickly and a great tragedy would occur. Any thoughts on this?

It is still just a desert though. And deserts are among the most unwelcoming places on the planet. No trees, no green, no water, just rocks and sand.

I LOVE IT ❤ I AM SO EXCITED TO SUPPLY EVERYTHING NEEDED! I AM ON IT!!!! ❤

The moment someone attacjes the label "luxury" to their product I immediately file that thing under "empty"

5:08 Hilarious, for the same people that panic about rising sea levels.

As ridiculous as these projects are and especially The Line, its still immensely impressive just the work theyve been able to do the past year, looking on sattelite images, i currently can measure a total of 153km which has almost been completely excavated. Such distance is just absolutely insane.

Oh the epicon tower looks futuristic, it just looks like a futuristic building that was destroyed in a oribital bombardment

The 9 million people living in The Line - what will they do? It is located in a very remote desert, with currently hardly any economic activity. And why wasn't it built closer to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia's largest city, a few hundred km further south on the red sea?

I feel like the line may not be as accurate they promised, it would be a great way to build transportation though, just straight line ride.

It's going to be the largest Hot house on the planet no thank you 🥵

No word in the article about the progress on NEOM. Has it already been cancelled? When your bank starts offering you a fund with NEOM, you'll know what's going on.

When we look at the worldwide situation, with more and more escalation of War, pandemic, panic about resources. This looks more for me like a Refugium for rich people. So they still have the ability to enjoy their life, meanwhile outside everything is falling apart.

How in the bloody hell can they build that wall city. 500m tall by 174km long. Even with an unlimited budget, It would still take over 100 years to build that thing.

Is that a Jared Harris AI voice? It sounds flawless.

Usually, "the largest construction project in the world" label proves to be worthless. Modern overly ambitious projects tend to be holes in the ground that money is dumped into and never recouped.

Origin story for mad max habitat

just think of all the birds that will smash on those walls lmao

Que condições estão e estarão os ttabalhadores destas obras? Só consegui pensar nisso. E o que pensei é catastrófico.

How about amazing architecture of affordable and sustainable living for every man. That would be so cool...

Just for comparison: Just the concrete for the foundation piles alone (226mt) needs approx 27,5million tons of cement. (Whole Germany needs this amount per year.) That's 32 million trucks of concrete 😮.

Why does everyone love investing into stuff that only billionares can afford, instead of improving infrastructure, affordable housing/cars/stuff, and helping the poorer areas. The luxury market is so over saturated

I live in Florida and people have their “shoebox” houses that used to be affordable. Now it’s 500,000 -$700,000 for an average house. The ones with 900-1200 sq feet are 300,000-$400,000. They have always been small for the most part and people retired here and had a small yard, bbqs, and a simple life. That’s not as easy to find anymore. But I couldnt imagine being put into an endless condo without a car, without a yard, and without a dog-That would be total torture to me! Their culture is different over there and if part of the desert is going to be farmed and they need all that space for that then it makes sense but there is a lot more to life than being trapped in a condo. It’s also really bad for health not to be able to breathe fresh air or get natural sunlight for vitamin d. The reason Star Wars had cities like that in it was because they were terrifying on some level to your average American who wants lawns and baseball fields and parks. A place gains value from the diversity of culture allowed and freedom allowed. There has to be some kind of town where a person can have hope to work their way up or survive humanely. We have our problems with that now because our economy is being destroyed. But the basic idea is still there that being able to afford a house to bring your family up in is important and not bringing kids into a world where they have no future or chance. I wish there was a way for urban planners to realize this but if they are going to take our cars away we will live a completely different life. I just can’t imagine living where all the women and children are housed in a metal condo and all the men work and dine in the beautiful part of the city and continue to drive their cars. It’s such a foreign way of thinking it’s hard for me to get my mind around it. But we have our problems with no affordable housing where I live and other issues- it’s hard for businesses to get employees at all.

“Most city planners look to ease commuting congestion and crowds. We don’t believe in that at all. We want to MAXIMIZE the congestion from any point A to any point B!”

InShaAllah Saudi Arabia will be success this project ❤

Watch living in a place like that forever. You will live a very long time due to the health environment. No cars, no gas, no oil. No chemicals burning, no nothing.❤

UAE is slowly turning into Halo / Assasins creed in real life

In October 2022, Shadli, Ibrahim, and Ataullah al-Huwaiti, of the Howeitat tribe, were sentenced to death when they refused to vacate their village as part of the NEOM megaproject. Shadli al-Huwaiti was the brother of Abdul Rahim al-Huwaiti, who was shot dead by security forces in April 2020 in his home in Al-Khariba, in the part of Tabuk province earmarked for NEOM, after he posted videos on social media opposing the displacement of local residents to make way for the project.

I just know at some point some bureaucrat will mess up the sewage system and the Line will have to be serviced by a fleet of poop trucks.

A huge investment into a government inspired project; What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

couldnt think of anywhere worse to live, surrounded by sand and rock

Dear Just cause 5 developers and Hitman 4 developers, Please take notes and draw inspiration

Looks like someone likes to play Minecraft and wants to live it in real.