Exclusive-Saudi Arabia prioritizes sports for NEOM plans

Exclusive-Saudi Arabia prioritizes sports for NEOM plans as costs balloon, sources say
By Pesha Magid, Hadeel Al Sayegh and Federico Maccioni RIYADH/DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia has scaled back lofty ambitions for its NEOM gigaproject to prioritize completing elements essential to hosting global sporting events over the next decade as rising costs weigh,
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Saudi Arabia Seen To Prioritise Sports For NEOM Plans As Costs Balloon
Saudi Arabia has scaled back lofty ambitions for its NEOM gigaproject to prioritise completing elements essential to hosting global sporting events o
Saudi Arabia scales back on NEOM plans to prioritise sports as costs rise
Saudi Arabia has scaled back lofty ambitions for its NEOM gigaproject to prioritize completing elements essential to hosting global sporting events over the next decade as rising costs weigh, three sources told Reuters a day after the sudden departure of ...
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