HQCrazyCat
Roller Poster
Six Flags Dubai wasn't a park by the Six Flags company either.
Six Flags Qiddiya | Saudi Arabia | Theme Park
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Antinos
Slut for Spinners
*sigh* here we go again.
Six Flags Qiddaya and the entire entertainment district that's currently under construction is funded by the Saudi PEF - for all intents and purposes, the Royal Saudi bank account. While there have been plenty of scumbag contractors using new amusement park builds to launder money and such, something tells me that nobody's going to make off with the prince's money. And even if that were to happen, the intent of this entertainment district is to offer more domestic tourist attractions. There's plenty of reason right there for the government to continue backing and pushing this project forward.
Six Flags Qiddaya and the entire entertainment district that's currently under construction is funded by the Saudi PEF - for all intents and purposes, the Royal Saudi bank account. While there have been plenty of scumbag contractors using new amusement park builds to launder money and such, something tells me that nobody's going to make off with the prince's money. And even if that were to happen, the intent of this entertainment district is to offer more domestic tourist attractions. There's plenty of reason right there for the government to continue backing and pushing this project forward.
Crazycoaster
Giga Poster
Tron 2.0 with that chunky spine.
Lori Marie Loud
Giga Poster
Reddit speculation is the hardware alone was about 250 million.
TPoseOnTantrum
Giga Poster
I have it on good word from someone connected to the project that the theme park’s construction budget is just over $400M USD, with Falcon’s Flight being a quarter of that. If true, definitely less than you would think for something like this. Granted that’s still excluding design, commissioning, consulting, possibly energy, and literally everything else that Qiddiya is doing, but it almost makes the project seem reasonable!
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That seems quite excessive, if by hardware they mean just the track, launch elements etc. Fury 325 cost 30m dollars and that is in total, constrution is a large part of that 30m. But sure, FF could be north of 100m in total given how bespoke many elements seem to be.
The $300m figure for the park minus Falcon's Flight seems unbelievable, considering Lost Island was $250m with cheap used coasters, drastically fewer and cheaper rides, and dramatically less involved infrastructure. Outside of Falcon's Flight, there's still a 200' tilt coaster, full sized GCI, lsm accelerator, water coaster, family invert, longest spike coaster, worlds tallest drop tower, worlds largest frisbee, two dark rides, and more. Really hard to believe anyone could build SFQ for $400m.
Matt N
CF Legend
It could be feasible. I’m not sure on actual specifics, but I don’t think you can necessarily estimate budgets by comparing the parks on rides and theming alone. There could be other factors driving up the price in America vs Saudi Arabia; for instance, construction costs could be cheaper in Saudi Arabia. I don’t know that, of course, but it’s a possibility.
hersheyfan410
Roller Poster
Off topic, but I can’t wait to start to see signs of progress on the record breaking parts of FF like the cliff drop and camelback. Once I see that, I’ll be convinced this ride is for real.
TilenB
Strata Poster
A big difference might be that you can't (at least not as easily) use slave workers in Iowa compared to Saudi Arabia.
TilenB
Strata Poster
Saudi Arabia is 4th on the Global Slavery Index list compiled by the Walk Free foundation.
Global Slavery Index | Walk Free
The 2023 Global Slavery Index provides an assessment of 160 countries, including an estimation of the number of people living in modern slavery, the extent to which a country’s population is vulnerable to modern slavery, and an examination of how well governments are responding to modern slavery.
www.walkfree.org
Give me some reputable source that shows migrant workers are treated any better in Saudi Arabia compared to the other ME countrues, because the fact that a few construction supervisors are posting tiktoks is completely irrelevant. Considering that you've only ever posted in this topic, you're likely either a propaganda account or someone that has been brainwashed into believing whatever you claim here is true.
lom.lom.lom
Roller Poster
A $400 million budget is what brings out the skepticism, because who knows how much over budget the government is willing to go, especially after they realize nobody is going to be willing to travel to the middle of the desert in Saudi Arabia just to ride rides