SAUDI ARABIA is set to build the world’s first ‘sky stadium’.
The venue, currently being labelled the NEOM Stadium, is set to be built far above ground level and a new unofficial concept video has sparked a huge buzz on social media.
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New visuals for Neom stadium show a stadium placed on top of a skyscraper
The incredible images have caused a huge buzz on social media
The AI generated images show a venue perched atop a SKYSCRAPER.
The stadium is expected to boast a capacity of 46,000 at an altitude of 350m above ground.
For comparison, that figure is 40m higher than the top of The Shard, Britain’s tallest building.
The new AI vision seems to be a new concept for one of a series of futuristic stadiums planned for construction ahead of Saudi Arabia‘s hosting of the 2034 World Cup.
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The nation released 15 concepts for high-tech stadiums to be completed before the tournament arrives in August of last year.
Among those was an idea for ‘NEOM Stadium,’ a ground set to be built atop the ambitious – and as yet unbuilt – NEOM ‘The Line’, an entire city meant to be built in a single long sideways skyscraper.
The specifications in regard to height and capacity remain the same between the concepts.
However, the new visuals appear to have done away with the idea of building the ground on top of the linear city, and instead have the stadium above a more traditional skyscraper.
The visuals are a far cry from previous plans for a similar ‘NEOM Stadium’ projectCredit: http://www.dezeen.com
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The original plan was to begin construction on the stadium in 2027, and have it completed by 2032, ready to host games at the World Cup two years later.
Whether the new visuals mark a legitimate departure from the plan for the stadium is yet to be confirmed, with the buzz so far appearing to be primarily social media speculation based on the short video.
Among the other grounds slated for construction ahead of the tournament, one highlight is the King Salman Stadium, the biggest of the proposed venues.
The ground is set to house 92,000 people and serve as the new home of the Saudi national team.
Other stadiums feature glitzy designs such as mimicking a rock canyon formation, or being built into the side of a cliff face.
The proposed ROSHN Stadium features a futuristic shard designCredit: http://www.dezeen.com
While New Murabba Stadium takes inspiration from canyon geographyCredit: http://www.dezeen.com
