PIF-backed Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC) awarded a SAR 5.4 bn (c. USD 1.4 bn) contract to Nesma & Partners to build the performing arts center in Qiddiya Entertainment City, Meed reported earlier this month. The center will feature over 3k seats across three theatres and a cantilevered amphitheatre with 500 suspended seats overlooking the city’s lower plateau.

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More details: The contract — tendered in September 2024 and finalized after bids in May this year — comes after QIC appointed US-based Tom Wiscombe Architecture as the design architect and Dubai-based Brewer Smith Brewer Gulf as the design consultant.

The venue is part of the wider Qiddiya City master plan, which also includes the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Stadium, Six Flags and Dragon Ball theme parks, an esports arena, and the Aquarabia water park — both Six Flags and Aquarabia are set to open this year.

REFRESHER- QIC awarded a SAR 4 bn (USD 1.1 bn) contract last October to Khobar-based Nesma & Partners and Madrid-based FCC Construction for the construction of the 45k-seat Prince Mohammad bin Salman Stadium in Riyadh’s Qiddiya city, which is slated for completion in 2029. Qiddiya will host another national stadium after QIC received expressions of interest in September from contractors for a SAR 7 bn (USD 1.8 bn) contract to build the stadium, which is scheduled to be completed by 2030.

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