"In recent days, dramatic images and videos of a football pitch hovering 350 meters above the desert have gone viral online, sparking global fascination and confusion. The visuals depict what social media users call Saudi Arabia's Sky Stadium, a futuristic arena seemingly nestled atop a skyscraper. While many international outlets have circulated the renderings as part of the Kingdom's World Cup 2034 preparations, sources mention that these viral visuals are AI-generated concept art, not released by NEOM or the Saudi Ministry of Sport."
"The viral renderings appear to exaggerate a real project described in Saudi Arabia's official 2034 World Cup bid (find designboom's previous coverage ): the NEOM Stadium, planned within THE LINE megacity. Unveiled in July 2024 alongside Saudi's formal bid submission to FIFA in Paris, the NEOM Stadium is envisioned as the world's first sky stadium, an elevated venue suspended roughly 350 meters above ground, seating around 46,000 spectators."
Dramatic images of a football pitch hovering 350 meters above the desert went viral online and were labeled Saudi Arabia's Sky Stadium. The viral visuals are AI-generated concept art and were not released by NEOM or the Saudi Ministry of Sport. The renderings exaggerate the NEOM Stadium planned within THE LINE megacity as part of Saudi Arabia's official 2034 World Cup bid. The NEOM Stadium is envisioned as an elevated venue suspended roughly 350 meters above ground, seating around 46,000, powered entirely by wind and solar energy, and later serving as home to a NEOM-based professional club. Construction is expected to begin in 2027 and finish by 2032.
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