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{{Infobox company | name = Qiddiya | type = Closed joint-stock company | industry = Culture/sports/entertainment | founded = {{Start date and age|2017|04|07}} in Riyadh | hq_location_city = Riyadh | hq_location_country = Saudi Arabia | num_locations = 2 (headquarters and project site) | area_served = Middle East | key_people = His Royal Highness Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Chairman of the board of directors) and Michael Reininger(CEO) | website = {{URL|https://qiddiya.com}} }} IntroductionQiddiya, Saudi Arabia’s future entertainment, sports and cultural destination, is currently under construction. Its first phase of development is scheduled to open in 2022.[1] The plan for the project is to cover 334 square kilometres, 2.5 times the size of Walt Disney World or 100 times the size of Central Park in New York. It plans to have over 10,000 residential units, expects to attract 17 million visitors a year for its entertainment assets, 12 million for its shopping sector and 2 million to its hospitality outlets.[1][3] The company’s headquartered in Riyadh, and the project site is 40 kilometres west of downtown Riyadh.[4] The first details about Qiddiya were announced on 7 April 2017 by Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. Qiddiya is backed by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF), which the Crown Prince chairs. The project is currently open to local and international investment.[2] [3] GROUND-BREAKINGThe project held its ground-breaking on 28 April 28 2018, at a ceremony attended by The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Crown Prince, as well as several princes and ministers and an audience of 300 international dignitaries. There ceremony included a three-act show that described Saudi Arabia’s past, present and future and concluded with King Salman placing the last baton in the Qiddiya logo, which triggered a fireworks show set to an original musical score written by renown composer William Ross and performed by the Czech Philharmonic. The ceremony received global media coverage including reports by Variety[1], Reuters[4], Agence France-Presse [7], Arab News[5][6] and Al Arabiya[7]. INCORPORATIONQiddiya Investment Company (QIC) was incorporated on 10 May 2018 and registered as a closed joint-stock company, wholly owned by PIF and subject to Saudi law. ADVISORY BOARDThe QIC Advisory Board was announced on 14 July 2018 and includes the following experts in their respective fields:
THE FIVE CORNERSTONESQiddiya plans to develop more than 300 recreational and educational facilities designed around five cornerstones:
There will also be a range of real estate, commercial and hospitality options, as well as community services. ECONOMIC IMPACTQiddiya is one of three Giga-projects undertaken by PIF and is a significant part of Saudi Vision 2030 as it will help to diversify the Saudi economy. Specifically, Qiddiya aims to help increase domestic spending on culture and entertainment and to redirect some of the billions of dollars spent by Saudis abroad on entertainment options inside the country. Qiddiya aims to employ nearly 60,000 people when complete.[6] CORPORATE STRUCTUREThe Crown Prince is chairman of QIC’s Board of Directors.[2] Michael Reininger is the CEO of QIC. Previously he was president of Florida East Coast Industries, the parent company of Brightline, an express passenger rail service and related transit-oriented real estate development – the first such rail company in the United States in nearly a century. He also worked as managing partner for the Union Station Neighborhood Company in Denver. For 12 years he was an executive with The Walt Disney Company, responsible for large resort projects in Florida and Europe. Each cornerstone is led by an executive director. [2][4] EXTERNAL LINKS
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