#vision-2030

#vision-2030

Other western arts organizations are also banking on Saudi investments - part of the kingdom's Vision 2030 plan to grow its cultural and tourism industries - including the Centre Pompidou, which entered a €50 million agreement with the kingdom in 2024. “The Met didn't pivot to Saudi Arabia because the lights were going out in New York but because they were being turned on in Riyadh,” says Tess O'Dwyer, a fundraising consultant for nonprofits.

Vision 2030 has reshaped several sectors across the Kingdom, with healthcare emerging as one of the most visible areas of progress. Today, millions of expatriates live and work in Saudi Arabia, many of them in specialized and highly skilled roles. To meet their needs, the country has expanded private healthcare services, raised regulatory standards, and opened the door to more advanced medical facilities, allowing foreign residents to access modern care locally rather than relying on treatment abroad.

As Saudi Arabia's ambitious Vision 2030 program transforms the nation into a nexus of cultural riches and scientific innovation, one key player, the Saudi Food & Drug Authority (SFDA), is leveraging advanced technologies and ideas to benefit the population in the region and worldwide. By integrating advanced artificial intelligence into its practices and strengthening international safety standards, this comprehensive regulatory and scientific authority demonstrates its increasing influence as a research hub and leader domestically, regionally, and globally.

Once hailed as the most radical experiment in twenty-first-century urbanism, THE LINE, (find designboom's previous coverage here), a 170-kilometer-long mirrored megacity slicing through the desert, stands at the center of Saudi Arabia's shifting architectural agenda. Conceived as the backbone of NEOM, the $500-billion development in the country's northwest, it promised a car-free, carbon-neutral city contained within two parallel walls rising 500 meters high, an ambitious vision that faces an unexpected test of endurance.

His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Prime Minister, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of RUA AlHaram AlMakki Company, has announced the launch of King Salman Gate -a transformative multi-use development in the Holy City of Makkah. This ambitious project reflects Saudi Arabia's unwavering commitment to advancing Makkah's urban landscape while preserving its spiritual and cultural identity.

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PiF) are on the verge of taking another major step in their acquisition of sport, but this time in the virtual world. The PiF, an arm of the Saudi royal family, has combined forces with US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and US investment firm Silver Lake to buy video game company Electronic Arts (EA) for $55 billion (47 billion) subject to final approval.