Saudi Arabia's Wild Plan for the World Cup

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  • Опубликовано: 23 ноя 2024

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  • @TheB1M
    @TheB1M  Месяц назад +35

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    • @dotFAFO
      @dotFAFO Месяц назад +1

      How much did the Saudis pay you for this video too?

    • @strawberriesandcum
      @strawberriesandcum Месяц назад +2

      This has to be a joke right? Did you even do any sort of research into them?

    • @Gregemio
      @Gregemio Месяц назад +1

      the B1M... always happy to do "soft promotion" for abusers of human rights.... as long as they have buildings. Good job guys. Great morals.

    • @strawberriesandcum
      @strawberriesandcum Месяц назад

      I commented here as soon as the video came out and it looks like my comment has been deleted. Perfect

    • @lolithighs
      @lolithighs Месяц назад

      ew

  • @ferrismesser
    @ferrismesser Месяц назад +989

    they're planning on building 8 massive sized stadiums in the same city. What happens after the world cup? this is insane

    • @abdulazizhashim2945
      @abdulazizhashim2945 Месяц назад +16

      it's not only for the World Cup.

    • @ferrismesser
      @ferrismesser Месяц назад +143

      @@abdulazizhashim2945 what will they be used for after?

    • @pauljmorton
      @pauljmorton Месяц назад +93

      @@abdulazizhashim2945 That didn't answer the question. The question is, what happens after the world cup?

    • @vinching926
      @vinching926 Месяц назад +10

      @@abdulazizhashim2945 Anymore major sport events after that? or some worldwide music people planning concerts there?

    • @TheMotlias
      @TheMotlias Месяц назад +116

      Classic World cup and Olympic sports washing, probably end up abandoned 3 years after the competition ends

  • @stm91
    @stm91 Месяц назад +454

    Aside from the obvious stuff, what saddens me the most is that the country had almost infinite money to build amazing sustainable, livable and walkable cities and they are blowing it all on vanity projects and endlessly wide highways that are never going to be enough. There was so much opportunity to learn from other's mistakes and get it right.

    • @wetbadger2
      @wetbadger2 Месяц назад

      Arrogance magnified

    • @Ravachol71
      @Ravachol71 Месяц назад +20

      And create their Same Style but they Just try to be another Western City.

    • @sknkwrksowner
      @sknkwrksowner Месяц назад +2

      If you were talking about ANY other place on the planet, I see your point. The reality is you are talking about a population in which the poorest native, non-immigrant probably makes $500k a year if they live in the current cities. The approach is always going to be "...spend it and make it opulent because what else are we going to spend it on?".

    • @PenskePC17
      @PenskePC17 Месяц назад

      ​​@@sknkwrksowner 500k a year 😂. Try 36k. The view of wealth in the middle east is incredibly overblown. An example being that many people believe Dubai to be the richest city on earth, when in reality they don't even have half the billionaires of Boston. Middle easterners just showcase their wealth in a way that most western elite would find tacky.

    • @jameswright...
      @jameswright... Месяц назад +9

      ​@@sknkwrksowner
      The average yearly income is around 35k.
      Large groups (women) only earn if given permission so many houses live on one income.
      There are slums there too.

  • @carlrushton7041
    @carlrushton7041 Месяц назад +574

    Hate to see this. Austrailia have all the stadiums and infrastructure in place but instead it's Saudi who need to build 11 new stadiums which will not be sustainable and god know what the cost to the environment. Classic Fifa

    • @silverXnoise
      @silverXnoise Месяц назад

      Don’t forget the lives of thousands of East Asian laborers whose passports will be stolen upon arrival.

    • @adamsaciid4919
      @adamsaciid4919 Месяц назад +7

      Environment 😂why you bother 😒

    • @wawrzynieckorzen78
      @wawrzynieckorzen78 Месяц назад +65

      Well, the answer is $. Australia probably did not pay bribes. This is a rookie mistake in football.

    • @NickWasiliev_Official
      @NickWasiliev_Official Месяц назад +46

      Here in Australia, all the money is publicly scrutinised and has to be provided largely by the tax payer. No money can be pushed under the table to bribe FIFA officials.
      Honestly, and I'm saying this from a purely organisational standpoint, we could pull off a killer World Cup. We've got the big stadiums that already can be converted for soccer matches - the infastructure around it is all there. We had the Women's World Cup last year and it was a smash, even non-soccer fans turned up in droves! We loved it!
      The only thing you'd need to do is maybe expand a few stadiums in the regional cities like Canberra - which we've been wanting to do anyway for our domestic sports. I look at all this and just shake my head.

    • @sanitygone-l9y
      @sanitygone-l9y Месяц назад

      How do you think Qatar landed the World Cup back in 2022 despite not having any of the infrastructure built? Bribes.

  • @kohazi9554
    @kohazi9554 Месяц назад +222

    sustainability at its finest

    • @rohitbumb9854
      @rohitbumb9854 Месяц назад +2

      😂

    • @velisvideos6208
      @velisvideos6208 Месяц назад +8

      It's a circular economy, assholes become dictators and dictators become even bigger assholes. Suggestion: build a giant hole of a city in the desert and call it Anucity. Make it 170 kilometers deep.

    • @AndyGneiss
      @AndyGneiss Месяц назад

      @@velisvideos6208 Knowing their luck, they'll starting digging for the project and then find some precious resource to become even richer with.

  • @ianallardyce4222
    @ianallardyce4222 Месяц назад +412

    11 new stadiums! FIFA has zero shame.

    • @WildBill-kf2pc
      @WildBill-kf2pc Месяц назад +13

      I don’t think they care about the people that have have to work for a living. I personally will never go to that Country.

    • @footofblut981
      @footofblut981 Месяц назад +25

      In a country that has no football culture

    • @Yehyya
      @Yehyya Месяц назад

      ​@@WildBill-kf2pcwell, they don't care

    • @leumi2
      @leumi2 Месяц назад +2

      They got paid bro 😉

    • @papaquonis
      @papaquonis Месяц назад +14

      @@footofblut981 Yeah, FIFA already showed us that football culture is entirely irrelevant, when they went to Qatar in 2022.

  • @Zyzzyx42
    @Zyzzyx42 Месяц назад +126

    IOC: Wow, its getting expensive to host the Olympics.
    FIFA: Hold my beer.

    • @ImNotPotus
      @ImNotPotus 17 дней назад

      Can you even buy a beer here

  • @rupanjan
    @rupanjan Месяц назад +228

    Spending all that money and labour on building these ridiculous stadiums for handful of World Cup games seems a bit irresponsible. No wonder Australia dropped out because this is outrageous

    • @rawacademy5450
      @rawacademy5450 Месяц назад +4

      You are indian right???....I understand you can't fathom

    • @withamberarya
      @withamberarya Месяц назад

      To think logically you don't have to be indian.
      It's ridiculous even crown prince know that this is ridiculous , just doing to be in the good books of west ​@@rawacademy5450

    • @jtorola
      @jtorola Месяц назад +45

      @@rawacademy5450can’t comprehend wasting all this money and resources for a little bit of global prestige just to have everyone still hate you?!

    • @julpasali
      @julpasali Месяц назад

      What about Australia deciding they dont want to waste all that money, are they part of india as well?​@rawacademy5450

    • @chefnyc
      @chefnyc Месяц назад +11

      If he is Indian, maybe he doesn’t like the fact that labor from certain people are wasted for vanity projects during the construction under the desert sun.

  • @joshwingfield
    @joshwingfield Месяц назад +401

    What's the human cost of this going to be?

    • @Gizfreek
      @Gizfreek Месяц назад +46

      yes

    • @just_fares6230
      @just_fares6230 Месяц назад +11

      Zero

    • @joshwingfield
      @joshwingfield Месяц назад

      @@just_fares6230 have they done their due-diligence into their supply chains and their contractors? You seem to know so plz point me to where I can find it

    • @silverXnoise
      @silverXnoise Месяц назад +36

      @@just_fares6230They have your family at gunpoint already?

    • @just_fares6230
      @just_fares6230 Месяц назад +7

      @@silverXnoise You should just stop believing the lying articles and see for yourself.

  • @svenhaheim
    @svenhaheim Месяц назад +497

    Ridiculous giving sporting events to such countries.

    • @d9918
      @d9918 Месяц назад +36

      Money talks

    • @IR._
      @IR._ Месяц назад +31

      Yeah too many god awful countries getting the right to host the world’s biggest sporting event. The worst one being the one in 2 years time.

    • @alialqublani8255
      @alialqublani8255 Месяц назад

      They let the largest war crime country hold it, good ol USA

    • @Ray03595
      @Ray03595 Месяц назад +19

      @@IR._good one but at least America has its stadiums already built, populations to fill them and they won’t be totally empty after the tournament. Obvious reasons US hosts many world events. And if US were to build a stadium the workers get fair wages. The only tournament that didn’t go so great was Copa America 2024 which wasn’t overseen by the US, but by South Americas footballing government. US hosted 2016 Copa and there were zero issues

    • @IR._
      @IR._ Месяц назад +19

      @@Ray03595 none of what you said negates the fact that it’s an awful country

  • @thewalrusaurus
    @thewalrusaurus Месяц назад +120

    So like... Let's say they actually do build all these (which... Lol). Wtf is a single city in the middle of the Arabian desert going to do with a dozen gigantic outdoor sport arenas once the cup is over?
    I struggle to even imagine a more Titanic waste of money

    • @cottsak
      @cottsak Месяц назад +8

      You struggle? You haven’t heard about the NEOM projects then? 🤣

    • @julpasali
      @julpasali Месяц назад +8

      ​@@cottsakthat's load of crap, nothing going to be built

    • @cottsak
      @cottsak Месяц назад

      @@julpasali you misunderstand me.
      Schit will get built.
      Titanic wasting of money will be did.
      And still none of it will look like the renders.
      Check back here in 10 years.

    • @cavemann_
      @cavemann_ Месяц назад +4

      To you it's Titanic amount of money, to them it's a pitiful amount of oil money.

    • @WolfetoneRebel1916
      @WolfetoneRebel1916 Месяц назад +14

      @@cavemann_ No it's not. Their reserves are not infinite.

  • @Zyzzyx42
    @Zyzzyx42 Месяц назад +40

    1:23 Road cyclists on a BMX style pump track. yeah, someone there has no clue, but I'm not surprised either.

    • @KSweeney36
      @KSweeney36 Месяц назад +2

      Was going to write the exact same thing.

  • @krzych91krk
    @krzych91krk Месяц назад +98

    No "Human Rights Violation" Stadium?

    • @silverXnoise
      @silverXnoise Месяц назад +13

      11 of em.

    • @adamsaciid4919
      @adamsaciid4919 Месяц назад +2

      Who cares human rights these days😂

    • @wetbadger2
      @wetbadger2 Месяц назад

      😂

    • @lllz3
      @lllz3 Месяц назад +5

      Take dogs from homeless people, because they deserve a better life, only in your country. What humanity is there, you hypocrites?

    • @AK4SHGaming
      @AK4SHGaming Месяц назад +3

      Didn't you see he already showed 11 of them

  • @ashtonturner2862
    @ashtonturner2862 Месяц назад +124

    None of these stadiums seem pratical.

    • @bababababababa6124
      @bababababababa6124 Месяц назад +5

      Even the ones that have already been built seem impractical lol

    • @PROVOCATEURSK
      @PROVOCATEURSK Месяц назад +1

      They are build by non-logical wonder-believing tribes.

    • @tigerstallion
      @tigerstallion Месяц назад +1

      they have like 3 fairly normal ones to fall back on

    • @fonkbadonk5370
      @fonkbadonk5370 Месяц назад

      Typical middle eastern extravaganza at its finest. Nothing is too expensive to look like "the man". In fact, the more expensive the better. I really don't vibe well with this.

  • @Qwepzy
    @Qwepzy Месяц назад +80

    Using the Countries money to name stadiums after themselves is just weird

    • @NoHandleToSpeakOf
      @NoHandleToSpeakOf Месяц назад +20

      It is a kingdom. Whole country belongs to a royal family. It is their personal money.

    • @chefnyc
      @chefnyc Месяц назад +7

      They should name them after British monarchs who made them “king”

    • @raidensnake9471016
      @raidensnake9471016 Месяц назад +2

      Damn a Haze profile picture! I think this is the first time I've ever seen one 😮

    • @zezoksaxxx
      @zezoksaxxx Месяц назад

      We are the citizens didn’t say anything why are you mad ? 😂😂😂 like when they have in the uk. A street in the name of king elizbith or charels i don’t see you cry about it ??? Hypocrisy 😂😂😂

    • @user-sk8zq3fj1x
      @user-sk8zq3fj1x Месяц назад +2

      Yeah just like using countries money to name hospitals, airports, train station being named after royals, its just weird (UK) 😅

  • @xCoolverine
    @xCoolverine Месяц назад +112

    I doubt these venues will be completed as rendered

    • @abdulazizhashim2945
      @abdulazizhashim2945 Месяц назад

      the work is already started u can just google or check on Google Maps

    • @fudgerace4356
      @fudgerace4356 Месяц назад +6

      Mainstream media said the same abt Qatar before

    • @MrMichiel1983
      @MrMichiel1983 Месяц назад +2

      @@fudgerace4356 Sure, but plenty of skyscrapers waiting to be finished and not rising one inch. Previous success does not automatically count as proof, whereas failure elsewhere does cast doubt. Success is only with those that keep moving forward (as you have pointed out), but those that take heed of failure elsewhere have better odds.

    • @TeaCup1940
      @TeaCup1940 Месяц назад

      And they probably won't have a proper sewage system...

    • @akeel6328
      @akeel6328 Месяц назад

      ​@@MrMichiel1983Nonsense

  • @steinarne79
    @steinarne79 Месяц назад +31

    One thing is for certain, they will set records in how many will loose their lives in constructing all this.

    • @TeaCup1940
      @TeaCup1940 Месяц назад +3

      Let's hope not. In Qatar at least 6500 migrant workers died.

    • @isaacgeorge7288
      @isaacgeorge7288 25 дней назад

      @@TeaCup1940 We got a good world cup, thats all that matters

    • @fahdamaa
      @fahdamaa День назад

      Western hypocrisy at it’s finest

  • @7stiano123
    @7stiano123 Месяц назад +28

    The FIFA World Cup being the biggest sports event while FIFA being the most corrupt governing bodies in the world is insane

    • @thevannmann
      @thevannmann Месяц назад

      The Olympics are bigger.

    • @Altioale
      @Altioale 25 дней назад

      @@thevannmann not even close, WC by far biggest sports event on Earth

  • @dapengu777
    @dapengu777 Месяц назад +41

    Well they know how to render futuristic looking buildings but until now they havent build even one of there crazy projects

    • @adamsaciid4919
      @adamsaciid4919 Месяц назад

      Cause you're blind 😂

    • @q4lh
      @q4lh Месяц назад +2

      Hahahaha we are do and you say only , it’s starting

    • @MM-ev1fg
      @MM-ev1fg Месяц назад +2

      You should go there. I didn’t believe it until I went but they’ve built a lot and are building lots.

    • @AzzVipa
      @AzzVipa Месяц назад +1

      Have you seen their giant clock building???

    • @TeaCup1940
      @TeaCup1940 Месяц назад +2

      @@AzzVipaDoesn't look futuristic at al, more like a cheap copy of the Big Ben.

  • @WYO_Dirtbag
    @WYO_Dirtbag Месяц назад +33

    Correction: they aren't building the line at all.

    • @ChristiaanHW
      @ChristiaanHW Месяц назад +16

      Last thing i heard about the line is that they "upgraded" it to "The Dot".

    • @phillyskyguy9535
      @phillyskyguy9535 Месяц назад +1

      There's images of the excavation. What are you talking about

  • @endrawes0
    @endrawes0 Месяц назад +120

    All hype and human rights abuses.

    • @monsouralameel6674
      @monsouralameel6674 Месяц назад +1

      The west is so innocent right and definitely not committing genocide and sponsoring endless war! Ur all hypocrits

    • @mro7970
      @mro7970 Месяц назад +9

      cry more lol

    • @Your_Wife.s_Boyfriend
      @Your_Wife.s_Boyfriend Месяц назад +1

      We're not talking about the USA here , are we ?

    • @zezoksaxxx
      @zezoksaxxx Месяц назад +1

      Can specify the human rights? Oh you mean the free healthcare we get as citizens? Oh you mean the free colleges and education we get ? Oh you mean one the safes country in the world while i can walk at night without getting shout or ropped ? Or even getting killed by your own police? 😂😂 hypocrites

    • @lllz3
      @lllz3 Месяц назад +3

      Take dogs from homeless people, because they deserve a better life, only in your country. What humanity is there, you hypocrites?

  • @jdillon8360
    @jdillon8360 Месяц назад +5

    Misleading title. You can't build a stadium on top of the line if you aren't building the line at all.

  • @Samuel_J1
    @Samuel_J1 Месяц назад +22

    "It also happens to be sitting on the edge of a cliff" nearly made me spit out my tea 😂

    • @AndyGneiss
      @AndyGneiss Месяц назад

      Tell me you're building an evil lair without telling me you're building an evil lair. It might come with a good view, though. Hehe.

    • @saudmubarak1542
      @saudmubarak1542 29 дней назад

      Alharam, where kebba is is literally at the slid of a mountain, google it. Our mountains are VERY big to point where the edge of a mountain is so big, some nebgorhoods are on the "edge" here in my country. Not evey country is the same😅

  • @W0AKZ
    @W0AKZ 21 день назад +8

    اكتشفت أن الأجانب يحسدوننا تمامًا مثل محيطنا البائس.🙂

    • @coolColour-k2i
      @coolColour-k2i 15 дней назад +2

      they are jealous
      You keep moving!

  • @cupq
    @cupq Месяц назад +134

    don't make videos on hoax projects

    • @Kemkom
      @Kemkom Месяц назад +8

      see you in The Line 2034

    • @silverXnoise
      @silverXnoise Месяц назад +8

      “The B1M - Towing The Line Since 2024”

  • @GammaAerospace
    @GammaAerospace Месяц назад +8

    "Like any good striker, its got style and panache, and actually lives up to the hype" ... Shows Mbappe 💀💀

  • @olninyo
    @olninyo Месяц назад +21

    lead architect: midjourney operated by a small mammal

    • @silverXnoise
      @silverXnoise Месяц назад +4

      Construction foreman: This Sri Lankan fella we kidnapped

  • @silverXnoise
    @silverXnoise Месяц назад +8

    The B1M! We love engineering at all costs. AT ALL COSTS.

  • @flyingpanhandle
    @flyingpanhandle Месяц назад +22

    "when Australia were encouraged to drop their bid"

  • @parks.atelier
    @parks.atelier Месяц назад +3

    Video idea: Six Flags Qiddiya. It will feature the largest coaster in History (Falcon's Flight), the biggest Tilt coaster in the world, drop tower and frisbee.
    It will be directly next to the F1 Riyadh track, and is currently under construction (Falcons Flight is pretty much completed by now)
    The amount of architecture and engineering work to build this theme park is just impressive

  • @charlesf4493
    @charlesf4493 Месяц назад +7

    Cmon, are you the only one that didn’t hear the Line is Bullshit?

  • @RealmsOfThePossible
    @RealmsOfThePossible Месяц назад +9

    Anyone can get their macbook out on lunch break and render the most fantastical buildings to stroke the egos of megalomaniacs.

  • @tccandler
    @tccandler Месяц назад +3

    Very few of those will actually ever be built.

  • @MightBeRasor
    @MightBeRasor Месяц назад +4

    amazing how not even nearly all the money in the world can buy elegance

    • @isaacgeorge7288
      @isaacgeorge7288 25 дней назад

      The stadiums look beautiful, what are you talking about?

  • @patrickdillon5517
    @patrickdillon5517 Месяц назад +45

    We really dont need to spend billions on kick ball

    • @WizardsLore
      @WizardsLore 29 дней назад

      Already do, its called egg chasing or AFL.

  • @theWSt
    @theWSt Месяц назад +9

    They are building 15 stadiums?? 15??? FIFTEEN??? Why do they need 15 stadiums for one event?? ONE SINGLE event?!? I can imagine, that the Saudis are motivated enough to build one extraordinary stadium, probably. But 15 stadiums are definitely not being built, never ever. This is publicity, nothing else.

    • @samsonsoturian6013
      @samsonsoturian6013 Месяц назад +2

      They need more stadiums than the other guy to show off how rich they are

  • @Alejoninla
    @Alejoninla Месяц назад +5

    12:12 warning to the international press to be nice or be the next Yamal Jashogyi

  • @JRizzle86
    @JRizzle86 Месяц назад +3

    These stadiums are perhaps the most unsustainable infrastructure ever built.

  • @boredgrass
    @boredgrass 25 дней назад +2

    That's what I really appreciate about your channel. You don't leave out the ethical dimensions in your journalism!

  • @thomasgrun3731
    @thomasgrun3731 Месяц назад +4

    wow, the saidis will really do anything besides acctually helping the world.

    • @JJzerro
      @JJzerro Месяц назад

      why should they?
      however I partially agree, at least they should think more about the far future of their nation

  • @giovannijunior
    @giovannijunior Месяц назад +1

    "We won't build because we need.
    We'll build because we CAN."

  • @SaeedLegend
    @SaeedLegend Месяц назад +11

    It’s Arabian Gulf :)

    • @MrJoeSomebody
      @MrJoeSomebody Месяц назад +1

      Not according to most of the world

    • @bababababababa6124
      @bababababababa6124 Месяц назад +2

      Literally nobody cares

    • @SaeedLegend
      @SaeedLegend Месяц назад

      @@bababababababa6124 u cared enough to reply my guy

    • @SaeedLegend
      @SaeedLegend Месяц назад

      @@MrJoeSomebody to the country he’s talking about in the video it is :)

    • @mathiasbartl903
      @mathiasbartl903 Месяц назад

      Quiet, Saudoid!

  • @ralmslb
    @ralmslb Месяц назад +6

    2:55 45k capacity isn't big by no ones standards... That is an average size for top level teams.

    • @TY-sx3jb
      @TY-sx3jb Месяц назад +3

      Pretty sure he’s saying the site itself is massive, not the stadium.

  • @gilkin6328
    @gilkin6328 28 дней назад

    . In addition to “The Line” project, NEOM’s plans include establishing an industrial city, ports, and tourist sites. It is also scheduled to host the Asian Winter Games in 2029 in a mountain resort called Trogena.

  • @MikeTotem
    @MikeTotem 28 дней назад

    You should have gone with a classic 4-4-2 formation. We miss those! :)
    Great video, as always.

  • @SimonShaw-h5t
    @SimonShaw-h5t Месяц назад

    Been away for a while, now I'm back and the channel is as good as ever. Soon be at 5m subs mate. Let's gooooooo.

  • @papaquonis
    @papaquonis Месяц назад +10

    FIFA gives us yet another World Cup that can safely be skipped.

    • @isaacgeorge7288
      @isaacgeorge7288 25 дней назад

      Any world cup can be skipped if you want

  • @trevorpenucca
    @trevorpenucca Месяц назад +4

    These people playing real life Minecraft LOL

  • @bailey45747
    @bailey45747 Месяц назад +44

    incredible what you can do with no human rights and slavery, really took one out of the 18th century european playbook

    • @monsouralameel6674
      @monsouralameel6674 Месяц назад

      Ur probably supporting genocide and war but... you hypocrits have lost the right to speak the two words human rights

    • @limhan3209
      @limhan3209 Месяц назад +6

      Or 16th century Africans or 12th century Arabs or Roman's or Greeks or Egyptians

    • @limhan3209
      @limhan3209 Месяц назад +3

      Atleast the Europeans ended it

    • @limhan3209
      @limhan3209 Месяц назад +3

      Mongols, China....do I have to go on

    • @hurryingdoor7435
      @hurryingdoor7435 Месяц назад +3

      @@limhan3209so were there any plantations of skates in Arabia in the 1200s? Don’t bring your lies here. Slavery in those times was way different to the European slave trade

  • @Mike-1000
    @Mike-1000 Месяц назад +17

    *Ahhhh, good old Sports - washing at the highest levels* Feel sorry for the workers that are going to be doing all this.

    • @Kishanth.J
      @Kishanth.J Месяц назад

      What is sports washing?

    • @ChristiaanHW
      @ChristiaanHW Месяц назад +2

      ​@@Kishanth.J i think it's trying to erare the vad things you did/do (from people's minds), by organizing a sports event.
      Like greenwashing, shouting about the 5 trees you plant while driving an oversized car

    • @Mike-1000
      @Mike-1000 Месяц назад +3

      @@Kishanth.J Sportswashing is a term used to describe the practice of nations, individuals, groups, corporations, or the government using sports to improve reputations tarnished by wrongdoing. A form of propaganda, sportswashing can be accomplished through hosting sporting events, purchasing or sponsoring sporting teams, or participating in a sport

    • @isaacgeorge7288
      @isaacgeorge7288 25 дней назад +1

      An architects dream is a construction workers nightmare. That's just life

  • @kenarts11
    @kenarts11 Месяц назад +1

    After seeing the recent wars, I don’t know if if cramped up cities are great anymore

  • @Treegus
    @Treegus 26 дней назад

    Great format for covering these

  • @adamcheklat7387
    @adamcheklat7387 Месяц назад +1

    If i were an emperor, my projects will strike a perfect balance of style and substance. And no craziness like that Roshn Stadium!

    • @silverXnoise
      @silverXnoise Месяц назад

      Same levels of horrifying human rights abuses, presumably?

  • @acme3drevit
    @acme3drevit Месяц назад +1

    having 8 stadiums able to host world cup matches in one city. that seems like a great idea.

  • @achbergerphoto
    @achbergerphoto Месяц назад +33

    They could feed the poor and hungry, but they rather use them as cheap labor for someting like this.

    • @adamsaciid4919
      @adamsaciid4919 Месяц назад

      We life in capitalism world so why bother also it's not their business 😅

    • @achbergerphoto
      @achbergerphoto Месяц назад +5

      @@adamsaciid4919
      Because if you lift people from poverty, they will consume more. And consumption is the main driver of capitalism

    • @silverXnoise
      @silverXnoise Месяц назад

      @@adamsaciid4919 Boy you’re commenting _everywhere_ about how little we should all care about human rights and suffering…seems like you care a lot about excusing abuses…you on the payroll?

    • @JJzerro
      @JJzerro Месяц назад

      why it sounds so famili... oh, yeah it's just like any other wealthy nation

    • @isaacgeorge7288
      @isaacgeorge7288 25 дней назад

      Screw that, Hosting the world cup is more important

  • @bloomp7999
    @bloomp7999 Месяц назад

    Purely in term of architecture, this video is more than our needed daily dose !

  • @guitarchitectural
    @guitarchitectural 22 дня назад +2

    How many people will die and "disappear" for this to happen? I wish you guys would just ignore suadi arabia completely.

  • @tonypapas9854
    @tonypapas9854 Месяц назад +2

    And 90% of the facilities and associated stadium areas around them will be abandoned before and after - insane.

  • @michaelwebsternz
    @michaelwebsternz 28 дней назад

    There are about 50 data centres being built for NEOM, I met the project manager for the projects in Dubai recently. You should do a story on all that data centre development. It's almost as crazy as the Line.

  • @GazMoby
    @GazMoby Месяц назад +10

    Very enjoyable as always 👍
    However I will believe these tenders when I see them built, which I doubt will happen.

  • @5thElem3nt
    @5thElem3nt Месяц назад +2

    Funny, that only the Aramco Stadium has cars in it's renders.

  • @jlee4039
    @jlee4039 Месяц назад +1

    This was hilarious, love it! It’s absolutely bonkers.

  • @montevideofoodie2527
    @montevideofoodie2527 28 дней назад

    Amazing video, thank you

  • @Treegus
    @Treegus 26 дней назад

    Thank you B1M

  • @mmsmits2868
    @mmsmits2868 Месяц назад +2

    As long as we all keep letting car companies convince us we need gas SUVs instead of sedans or (gasp) EVs, they'll have more than enough money to build at least two or three of these...

  • @joangordoneieio
    @joangordoneieio 21 день назад +1

    Id have liked to hear more about the human rights violations...

  • @raidengl
    @raidengl Месяц назад +3

    Love everything this channel puts out.

    • @silverXnoise
      @silverXnoise Месяц назад

      Blind approval of morally dubious behavior. No wonder they ❤ed this comment.

  • @johnholloway691
    @johnholloway691 Месяц назад +3

    Love the rendering at 1:19 of guys in spandex riding drop bar road bikes around a BMX track. Really? Try it some time. The graphic artist and everyone involved in commissioning this must be absolutely clueless! What else will they get wrong?

    • @AndyGneiss
      @AndyGneiss Месяц назад +1

      That immediately jumped out to me as well. I wish them the best of luck with these ambitious projects, but will not be holding on to any hope.

  • @2Bears74
    @2Bears74 Месяц назад +11

    'Back row', it's football not rugby Fred. 😉

    • @TheB1M
      @TheB1M  Месяц назад +13

      Wait... there's a difference?!

    • @memofromessex
      @memofromessex Месяц назад +10

      @@TheB1M One dives on the floor and doesn't get up; another dives on a floor, gets piled-on and gets up immediately, checking his teeth and ears are still attached.

    • @GammaAerospace
      @GammaAerospace Месяц назад

      @@TheB1M One is a beautiful game of tactics and skill, the other is a bunch of big hairy men crashing into each other with one running with the ball as everyone chases him.

    • @limhan3209
      @limhan3209 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@TheB1M weak effort

  • @ChannelOne619
    @ChannelOne619 Месяц назад +1

    This is as outlandish as space

  • @triplebbb291
    @triplebbb291 Месяц назад +7

    If my hairline was that strong, I would build a football stadium on it

  • @lightninlarry8936
    @lightninlarry8936 Месяц назад +2

    There’s no way half of these get built

  • @milxl
    @milxl Месяц назад

    those bikes on the BMX track are funny 😄

  • @patrickl2195
    @patrickl2195 Месяц назад +3

    Okay, I’ll bite… Why is the late Bernard Cribbins playing Wilfred Mott being shown at 3:17 with the words “COURTESY OF BUNGIE/ECKHARTS LADDER” (your caps), especially when the video is from Doctor Who episode The End of Time, Part 2 (I think), who’s copyright is probably held by the BBC?

    • @AndyGneiss
      @AndyGneiss Месяц назад

      So it wasn't just me who thought that bit was weird? Also, the footage choice for Halo was terrible. They went to make an architectural or stylistic comparison with Halo but I'd say didn't even really try the visual comparison, instead covering it up with something that could have resembled a joke under conditions I fail to see.

  • @Enhancedlies
    @Enhancedlies Месяц назад

    'back row' plus your dream team graphic is back to front! freddie and football do not mix haha

  • @lehoff
    @lehoff Месяц назад

    I know nothing about nor care about football. However as someone thats working in KSA in major infrastructure projects these things are good news for me as it provides me with a long pipeline of work.
    Live in KSA is actually really enjoyable and is getting better as the west gets more involved.

  • @kingmoochoo
    @kingmoochoo Месяц назад +9

    No mention of the human rights abuses that Dubai had building it's stadiums, or the controversial way that the world cup is in the middle east again in such a short time.😢

    • @SystemBD
      @SystemBD Месяц назад +2

      What do you mean? The section of 11:46 is centered around those issues.

    • @isaacgeorge7288
      @isaacgeorge7288 25 дней назад

      If the workers chose to go there, they lost the right to complain

  • @crlake
    @crlake 20 дней назад

    Why are this many stadiums needed. Do they need to be thrown away after its used once?

  • @sailingxtremeadventures542
    @sailingxtremeadventures542 Месяц назад

    Well that's going to be fun all sun and no ice cold beer!!

  • @oceanbnd
    @oceanbnd Месяц назад +1

    That's ridiculous to have that many stadiums that close together. Are there many people within the area to fill them all? Sounds like overkill.

  • @Matt-wc2mf
    @Matt-wc2mf Месяц назад +1

    "While it's hard to believe any of the more experimental stadiums will get built"
    Yep... So we're counting on about 10 or so of these actually being built?

    • @AndyGneiss
      @AndyGneiss Месяц назад

      If "actually being built" entails being used as intended for actual sporting events, and not just closed down after just a few events, I think I'll make the guess of three of them actually being built.

  • @GeographRick
    @GeographRick 25 дней назад

    The first Riyadh stadium rendition is ridiculous. They're showing it surrounded by trees--in the middle of the desert. Unless they want to waste enormous quantities of water to support it, it will always be a desert. If they irrigated it, how much water does that waste?

  • @gilkin6328
    @gilkin6328 28 дней назад

    Work is certainly continuing on other parts of the broader NEOM project; Officials have maintained their overall goals for The Line, the people familiar with the matter said.

  • @ENGBriseB
    @ENGBriseB 28 дней назад

    Just wish that football would come home. As half of the world's population watch the Premiership. A few new stadiums would get built in England. Thanks again Fred.

  • @imamario
    @imamario 23 дня назад

    Squandering their oil revenue on 11 new stadiums, while needing to construct an entire city just to surround one of them. Wild.

  • @thedavegtoo
    @thedavegtoo Месяц назад +5

    These projects will likely be delivered behind schedule and over budget, yet will be built in time for 2034. Never forget that fantastic things can be created by combining money, will power and exploitation of 3rd world labour.

  • @Anurag-ig4uh
    @Anurag-ig4uh Месяц назад

    Judging by the reduced scale of the line, they'll need to plan 150 stadiums to end up with 15.

  • @PurpleChamelion-iy2xe
    @PurpleChamelion-iy2xe 21 день назад +1

    When you have more money than sense

  • @hsvr
    @hsvr 28 дней назад +1

    All the westerns who live in concrete cities are going to be very upset about this

  • @Kai...999
    @Kai...999 21 день назад

    You know, I just get the feeling this will never happen.

  • @JP_TaVeryMuch
    @JP_TaVeryMuch Месяц назад

    4:04 The mad spirit of experimental architecture is to be applauded especially as it's withering on the vine in the current cost conscious climate.
    As just mentioned, how close will these imagined befores be to their actual afters? Can you foresee a situation where FIFA permits all those distracting screens to be on during world cup matches? Can you imagine the added pressure on the players to beat the competition? Not from the other team but from the screens. Finally, can you imagine that if FIFA allows them to be functioning during a game, can you imagine them allowing anything other than the live feed or replays on them? I dunno, something like adverts to be shown too..‽
    Of course they will!!!

  • @tumiskw
    @tumiskw Месяц назад +2

    Saudi Arabia built King Abdullah economic city and it failed therefore i will not be shocked if THE LINE follows the same fate. What also are they going to do with all this stadiums after the world cup especially in Riyadh, most of their domestic football matches are played in empty crowds.

  • @zntei2374
    @zntei2374 24 дня назад

    Wild architecture cannot overcome wild politics.

  • @jgeorge-turner5697
    @jgeorge-turner5697 Месяц назад

    Set the team out the wrong way round. Keeper should be at the bottom of the screen. Perhaps a subtle dig at FIFA and Saudia or maybe just a mistake.

  • @AmorosoGombe
    @AmorosoGombe Месяц назад

    Majority of poor people in developing countries don't have: Piped water, drainage, sewers, refuse collection, welfare payments (for basic food shelter and clothing), paved sidewalks, roads, street lighting, clean public schools access, clean public hospitals access, access to impartial justice. Providing all of those things will create millions of real jobs in addition to lifting the country out of hovel status. That's what our governments should be focused upon, not hugely expensive luxury projects. Just my take, no offense intended towards anyone.

  • @FluidMagic-o9j
    @FluidMagic-o9j 12 дней назад

    I read all these hateful comments and see ignorance, arrogance, envy and evil...

  • @SnowflakeHaze
    @SnowflakeHaze Месяц назад

    Roshn looks like a sick concert venue

  • @blahmooblah789
    @blahmooblah789 Месяц назад

    I got it, I know how they can do it! Buy all the VR headsets possible and just have visitors wear them.

  • @ZK-7
    @ZK-7 Месяц назад +1

    MBS should invite the consulting firms to the Ritz Carlton and get his money back.

  • @OliviaMeowlody
    @OliviaMeowlody 25 дней назад

    They took "Put it all on the line" too literally...