Saudi Arabia's Insane Bridge Hotel

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  • Опубліковано 31 жов 2024

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  • @JeffBilkins
    @JeffBilkins 9 годин тому +175

    At least they keep the concept artists in business.

    • @Minecraftzocker135
      @Minecraftzocker135 9 годин тому +6

      Not for long, with the amount of ambiguity they use in their "planning" generative AI will happily generate some sci Fi city themed cgi images for them...

    • @catsupchutney
      @catsupchutney 8 годин тому +4

      Stable Diffusion is waiting in the wings.

    • @mahbubhossainsamm
      @mahbubhossainsamm 2 години тому

      😂😂

    • @0animalproductworld558
      @0animalproductworld558 2 години тому

      lol…

  • @Kaltagstar96
    @Kaltagstar96 8 годин тому +97

    Why does every single Saudi Megaproject sound like something that you and your mates would come up with while you were absolutely hammered down at your local pub?

    • @ericgrajeda9916
      @ericgrajeda9916 8 годин тому +15

      Because the Arab leaders are about that smart

    • @SR3willitfit
      @SR3willitfit 6 годин тому +4

      Cause they are...

    • @meskahmusic
      @meskahmusic 3 години тому +1

      Cause we wouldn’t be drunk enough to come up with this dross😊

  • @hsupergabe
    @hsupergabe 9 годин тому +218

    In 50 years, Saudi Arabia is gonna look like an abandoned theme park with all these “dream” projects

    • @abdulbaridakheel8390
      @abdulbaridakheel8390 9 годин тому +9

      Sadly. your wishes will never get realized. You grandparents had the same wishes about Saudi building Jubail city and many more projects and UAE building Dubai, and both succeeded. Just Keep Wishing.

    • @KaloyanKasabov
      @KaloyanKasabov 9 годин тому

      ​@@abdulbaridakheel8390 so that's why neom got downscaled so much. Got it

    • @ClifFran3
      @ClifFran3 8 годин тому

      @hsupergabe 😂😂😂🤣🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🏜🏜🥵🥵☀️🥵😝😝😅😅🤣🤣🤣😝😝🤣🤣

    • @Ibcrewgirls
      @Ibcrewgirls 8 годин тому +3

      They said that about dubai. Lol. I live here #Saudivision2030 is happening and you'll either love it or hate it.

    • @markbantz9699
      @markbantz9699 8 годин тому +12

      @@abdulbaridakheel8390arabs couldn’t run a riot!🤣😂😂🤣

  • @mjdoombreed
    @mjdoombreed 9 годин тому +84

    I love all of these projects that are publicly announced, funded, and started before they've been fully planned.

    • @jonathan2847
      @jonathan2847 7 годин тому +10

      A country that got rich by luck and is ruled by the greatest nepo babies on earth. I wouldn't expect anything else.

    • @SnowmanTF2
      @SnowmanTF2 5 годин тому +1

      While it may be announced. Having some concept art or long term plan does not assure they have gotten far enough to even evaluate how much funding it would even take.

    • @jonahfalcon1970
      @jonahfalcon1970 4 години тому +2

      Well, according to insiders, people have 5 minutes to make a presentation for MSB, who has a VERY VERY short attention span.

    • @morninboy
      @morninboy 4 години тому +1

      and nowhere near engineered

    • @udirt
      @udirt 4 години тому +2

      The funding is a bit of an "Amber pledge" kind of funding.

  • @savannah115
    @savannah115 2 години тому +9

    "Umhinged things the gulf states do" is my favorite genre of your videos.

  • @geertvanhaute4157
    @geertvanhaute4157 8 годин тому +26

    Designing a glasshouse in the desert... I hope they 'll include serious airconditioners.

  • @prettypuff1
    @prettypuff1 9 годин тому +92

    Can they successfully finish a project first???

    • @judaswasametalhead
      @judaswasametalhead 9 годин тому +13

      I remember a dialogue between two NPC in Fallout 4
      - Why did they built a vault in the subway ?
      - To create work, so the builders won't riot.

    • @mohammadsakibkhan6245
      @mohammadsakibkhan6245 9 годин тому +7

      Sindalah opened 2 days ago ❤

    • @Three_Star-ze2tk
      @Three_Star-ze2tk 9 годин тому +1

      @@judaswasametalheadit’s even better because one of the NPCs is a pre war ghoul

    • @GregDeman
      @GregDeman 9 годин тому +6

      They're like a kid with a credit card

    • @abdulbaridakheel8390
      @abdulbaridakheel8390 9 годин тому

      Neom had announced the first finished project this week. SINDALAH a beach resort that was announced at the end of 2022 had just finished this week. You can look up articles and videos about it here in youtube.
      Also, Saudi finished many grand projects in the past such as Jubail industrial city, the 4th largest tower in the world Abraj Al-Bait, King abdullah economic city, and many more. For recent projects that are amazing and have delivered, Red sea global, Alula, Dirryah gate, and Neom. Look them up.

  • @heatherr4321
    @heatherr4321 2 години тому +9

    Man that top floor pool will be great in a sandstorm….

    • @jaysdood
      @jaysdood 18 хвилин тому +1

      Not to mention the immense weight of the water and all the structural implications that go along with it.

  • @robdevilee8167
    @robdevilee8167 8 годин тому +12

    If you look closely, the concept art shows pillars that are covered in mirrors to make them less conspicious. So the span of the building is shorter than it seems at first glance. The span only covers the water and that's about half of the total horizontal length of the building.

  • @gigi3242
    @gigi3242 Годину тому +4

    Sounds like Gage would be great at designing video game environments.

  • @daemonblade-4f7a
    @daemonblade-4f7a 7 годин тому +12

    As they build the Bridge Hotel, they'll most likely be destroying the "vibrant coral reefs" in the lagoon.

    • @TheJohn8765
      @TheJohn8765 Годину тому +2

      They'll just use the skeletons of all the slaves they killed while building it...

  • @jonahfalcon1970
    @jonahfalcon1970 4 години тому +7

    Simon, anyone from the Turkish embassy invites you to a party, say no.

  • @JohnReiher
    @JohnReiher 7 годин тому +9

    All that glass in a desert environment... where are the massive cooling towers to keep the rooms at a cozy 20°C? If the AC goes out, that place turns into a massive greenhouse.

  • @happyskeg1
    @happyskeg1 7 годин тому +12

    Wait wait wait. This guy made a big heart, some store fronts and pictures of buildings...... My god did I pick the wrong career, should have gone con artist like this guy.

  • @theswiv
    @theswiv 9 годин тому +7

    I just imagine the Monorail guy from that Simpsons episode, MBS nodding and saying "tell me more"

  • @TripleOmega
    @TripleOmega 9 годин тому +10

    This one looks much more plausible than many of the other components of Neom. Still won't make it straight from concept art to reality, but it's an improvement.

  • @mj.ray0898
    @mj.ray0898 9 годин тому +16

    So, serious question, if an architect's designs can't be practically realized, what's the difference between an architect and an artist? Does he display the concepts? Are they functional blueprints/plans or just visual representations of the proposed project?

    • @dragonmaster1500
      @dragonmaster1500 9 годин тому +12

      The job of an architect is to come up with cool ideas. The job of an Engineer is to -tell tell the architect why it can't be built- come up with a more practical way to make the building happen.

    • @henryglennon3864
      @henryglennon3864 8 годин тому +11

      I'm an architect, and I'd say no. If you have no idea how to build what you're drawing, you're just doing sci-fi concept art. Accountability to physics, materials, and construction is what makes architecture difficult. The Saudis might as well have just used Midjourney for this and save a few hundred grand.

    • @toomanymarys7355
      @toomanymarys7355 6 годин тому +2

      Architects used to have actual technical skills.

    • @TheJohn8765
      @TheJohn8765 2 години тому +1

      He's a grifter. Conmen sell dreams to marks. That's exactly what he's doing.

    • @JamesZaraza-wv3gt
      @JamesZaraza-wv3gt 4 хвилини тому

      @henryglennon3864
      Does Frank Lloyd Wright’s Illinois building have any value?
      It was never built, but the Fordham Spire drew from it; and it established the idealized concept of placing skyscrapers in their own parkland, instead of clashing with their neighbors and competing for available space, light, and stylistic dominance.

  • @morismateljan6458
    @morismateljan6458 8 годин тому +10

    Bridges flex. How do they think to keep glass panes in place and swimming pool leveled? Not to mention the structure of that length would weight at least 50 000 tons - and they're planning vertical abutments? Good luck with that.

  • @WarriorOfWriters
    @WarriorOfWriters 2 години тому +3

    Anytime a hotel or house is built away from a city, I'm left wondering what public resources are wasted to get a fire department or ambulance to such a site.

    • @81722Les
      @81722Les 6 хвилин тому

      On site facilities perhaps?

  • @Royce16727
    @Royce16727 9 годин тому +4

    It was hard to tell the difference between the play speed being increased and Simon's normal speaking rate, in the best possible way. Great video, as always!

  • @adriantcullysover4640
    @adriantcullysover4640 Годину тому +2

    "Neon" is the sound a child makes when being fed a spoonful of food.

  • @vice.nor.virtue
    @vice.nor.virtue 9 годин тому +8

    TBF I actually really like this bridge hotel and it's design. It really scratches my cyberpunk concept art itch and kinda hopes this one actually gets built. Most of the other stuff from neom I don't really care for.

  • @BIGJATPSU
    @BIGJATPSU 3 години тому +1

    There are currently 7 cantilever bridges in the world with main spans of 1500 feet or more. Now no pools are installed on the road decks obviously, but they are traveled by tens of thousands of cars, trucks, even semis daily so their load isn't exactly light. As pictured I think it's a no go due to the water weight. Slap some arches or trusses extending from each end underneath out 100-200 feet both ways with cross beams and it might actually work, especially if cut the pool down from a single one to several smaller ones keeping as much weight as possible near the ends.

  • @ImARealHumanPerson
    @ImARealHumanPerson 3 години тому +5

    Generational wealth is lost within 3 generations. Saudi Arabia is proving that on a massive scale.

  • @zylaaeria2627
    @zylaaeria2627 8 годин тому +16

    You can probably make an entire channel on shit Saudi Arabia says they'll totally build but never will.
    From a conceptual perspective, these are always fun to just think about though.

  • @michaelborror4399
    @michaelborror4399 6 годин тому +2

    9:55, no. Even the strongest one solid piece steal beams that long, would at least start bending downward in the middle, with or without a pool on top under the weight of the beam alone I think.

  • @Electronzap
    @Electronzap 3 години тому +2

    I don't get the obsession with building things that nobody can afford.

  • @donerskine7935
    @donerskine7935 7 годин тому +4

    Coming next: SPIKA, a bridge up-ended so it is vertical; and UNDAWAT, an underwater bridge-hotel-airport. And underwater railway. And an underwater lagoon. With flying fish. Because. Don't ask why, it's just because. Oooh look over there, an underwater monorail.

    • @eleghari
      @eleghari 40 хвилин тому

      I was going to suggest connecting them with Musk's Hyperloop 🤭🤣

  • @EmilyJelassi
    @EmilyJelassi 4 години тому +3

    I'm beginning to think that Saudi Arabia is incapable of finishing any megaproject... 😅😅

  • @kevinbarry71
    @kevinbarry71 6 годин тому +13

    Let's go to Saudi Arabia for a nice vacation; said nobody, ever

  • @titusmuli035
    @titusmuli035 7 годин тому +4

    The way he said 'Mathematical BEAST!!"😂

  • @Artista_Frustrado
    @Artista_Frustrado 4 години тому +2

    Neom is the absolute end game of the Expectations vs Reality memes, & i kinda love it, they are just burning thru their Oil Money reserves

    • @eleghari
      @eleghari 37 хвилин тому

      Remember MBS paying $450 million for a fake Leonardo Da Vinci painting? All his projects follow the same pattern...🤭🤣

  • @getnohappy
    @getnohappy 6 годин тому +4

    Surely an architect whose buildings are never built is at best a painter?

    • @Argent_99
      @Argent_99 3 години тому

      Don’t give Austrian architecture students ideas…

  • @Joe_1sr9
    @Joe_1sr9 9 годин тому +13

    Just another pie in the sky vanity project from the bone chopping Prince that won’t happen…

  • @KillBones
    @KillBones 6 годин тому +3

    I love how every project from Saudi Arabia are like me playing Cities Skylines.
    But they try for real.

  • @Thatslifebro_
    @Thatslifebro_ 2 години тому +1

    I like how all of Saudi Arabias Mega Failures waste enourmous amounts of Water. All those Waterfalls and Pool will loose significant amounts of Water in the scorching desert heat, and Saudi Arabia is already facing the issue of declining Ground-Water levels. This will just require that many more desalination plants, which is insane.
    And also, building a giant Glass Box in the Desert to put people in it is idiotic. They even got that problem with the "Line" (more like the "Piece") which is why it is mirrored to reflect the heat. How can they make that mistake in a later Project??

  • @morninboy
    @morninboy 4 години тому +2

    A weel designed access and service arch might make it possible.
    I can draw it up for these guys if they want

    • @morninboy
      @morninboy 4 години тому

      Oop's I meant well. Oh well

  • @iambicpentakill971
    @iambicpentakill971 9 годин тому +13

    So which is it, the pristine lagoon, or the lagoon with a ton of people swimming and boating through it like the video? It can't be both.

    • @meetoo594
      @meetoo594 7 годин тому +2

      And "the best view of the stars I have ever seen" when theres a bloody great swimming pool covering most of the top and thus blocking the view of the sky. Great for perving at the swimmers whilst pleasuring oneself on the bed I guess, so theres that...

    • @ignatiusryd2031
      @ignatiusryd2031 Годину тому

      ​@@meetoo594 Not to mention scenarios where some lovers would try to find hidden spots on the rooftop to getting frisky under the stars...

  • @vladimirgarcia9486
    @vladimirgarcia9486 2 години тому +1

    Actually this one dosen't sound that crazy. The unsupported portion is around 220 meters. Cross section is around 16 x 24 meters so you really have space to package the carrying structure. Challenging but totally doable.

  • @AuroraCityProject
    @AuroraCityProject 8 годин тому +4

    Do they plan to build this thing using minecraft physics, whats supporting that span ?

    • @eleghari
      @eleghari 31 хвилина тому

      Physics will bend to MBS's dictates so the span won't bend 🤭

  • @henryglennon3864
    @henryglennon3864 8 годин тому +16

    It's crazy that all these gulf states want to diversify their economies by investing in anything BUT manufacturing consumer goods.

    • @RM1969RM
      @RM1969RM 6 годин тому +12

      Its because creating manufacturing jobs doesn't make financial sense in gulf states: Wages in gulf states are higher than many NEARBY countries & import fees are low to none. Now add the fact that gulf states lack many key resources for manufacturing. The shipping costs are very unfavorable as you would need to import the heavier & bulker raw materials (Instead of finished product), produce it, and then (because the population is too small for a sizable strong local consumption) spend even more money to ship it out to other countries. This combination makes a locally produced item noncompetitive. Western countries face this issue to a lesser extent & they use protectionist import tariffs to make local products competitive by making imports more expensive. That approach would not work for gulf states (1) they import nearly everything and (2) because the cornerstone of gulf states' economy relies on having the most open market, lack of taxation & having the lowest tariffs. On an investing standpoint, it would make MUCH more sense to just invest in the production in a nearby country which has cheap labor & local raw materials, directly import a portion, and export the rest directly to other countries.

    • @note-_-7188
      @note-_-7188 3 години тому

      Your speaking with pure stupidity my friend. The gulf states are actually investing in manufacturing consumer goods but you only clicking on videos that speak about these mega projects

    • @khanhnguyen-tt3ff
      @khanhnguyen-tt3ff Годину тому +2

      They tried lol, they certainly tried to get their hand semiconductor and ev car, but the problem is their don't have the population and education to pull off, so the best they can do is build the factory and let company around the world to rent out the factory with taxes incentives

    • @ignatiusryd2031
      @ignatiusryd2031 Годину тому +1

      ​@@note-_-7188 Tell me then where is the major industrial heartland of the gulf and KSA that were roughly can be standing in par europe's Rhine valley??

  • @travisyarbrough4033
    @travisyarbrough4033 9 годин тому +4

    Bridges need to flex ........ No thanks. Bouncing hotel room ???? Miss me with that !!!!

  • @SnowmanTF2
    @SnowmanTF2 5 годин тому +2

    Other than looking non standard for a hotel, this seems to do little to nothing that a higher levels of hotel next to the beach could not, likely having several downsides for both guests and operators.
    On top of that, having an architect that is known for radical custom designs that never started/finished construction, seems to have some overlap with hiring a brand new architect. In that should be expecting problems translating design to reality, since will not have learned what in their style could be a problem, and rectified that from earlier/smaller similar designs.

  • @jakobisampson4389
    @jakobisampson4389 5 годин тому +2

    Reminds me of the elephant bridge in the movie Bahubali 😅

  • @backstabba
    @backstabba 7 годин тому +2

    They should start by asking if the rich people are interested before making all this stuff. I think this one looks great as a concept. Better than the tower and Neom.

  • @aria8928
    @aria8928 Годину тому +1

    Damn, architect forgot that tall buildings work because you only have to walk a short way from entrance to elevator, then elevator to room. A sideways skyscraper that is only one floor high it sounds like entails hella walking unless there's just an airport moving walkway down the center

  • @stevenwelp7165
    @stevenwelp7165 9 годин тому +4

    Look over here while we pick your pocket.

  • @kaiying74
    @kaiying74 6 годин тому +2

    Lol this Neom thing is funny af.

    • @eleghari
      @eleghari 23 хвилини тому

      Do check out Mukaab too - that golden cube project in Riyadh 🤭🤣

  • @jaysdood
    @jaysdood 13 хвилин тому +1

    No freaking way they can build this monstrosity can be supported on two points alone.
    The structure would need many multiple support points as its would be way heavier than a standard bridge.
    On the bright side, it's unlikely to collapse as its incredibly unlikely to be built.

  • @SabineCedor
    @SabineCedor 2 години тому

    That is sooo coolll!

  • @donerskine7935
    @donerskine7935 7 годин тому +1

    The original proposed population of the LINE was 9 million! I only watch videos about NEOM for the laughs.

  • @unknowntimelord9557
    @unknowntimelord9557 7 годин тому +1

    LOL it's like the Saudis looked at Assassin's Creed Odyssey Atlantis and were like: we want THAT

  • @SMathai
    @SMathai 7 годин тому +1

    while Simon sinks any chance he ever had at visiting Saudi Arabia, we get to be entertained by watching his take of the Ozymandias-like leaders of Saudi Arabia and their "visionary" projects.

  • @Libertaro-i2u
    @Libertaro-i2u 7 годин тому +1

    How about finishing one project before starting another?

  • @Mr72Dolphins
    @Mr72Dolphins 6 годин тому +1

    FIU walkway!

  • @mathiasbartl903
    @mathiasbartl903 9 годин тому +4

    Wow, that seems like almost reasonable, and kinda doesn't look too stupid.

    • @iambicpentakill971
      @iambicpentakill971 9 годин тому +1

      The no supporting structure doesn't seem reasonable, and it probably looks way less pretty once you put that in

  • @richv1893
    @richv1893 9 годин тому +9

    Another fantasy project that will probably end in failure.

  • @vokqe
    @vokqe 9 годин тому +4

    They need to stop wasting all of this money

  • @ACloutToken
    @ACloutToken 4 години тому +2

    this is what happens when you have too much money, you don’t know what to do with it 🤦‍♂️

  • @hannahp1108
    @hannahp1108 4 години тому +1

    I will never get over the ridiculousness of The Line. Why would anyone want a city built in a 100 mile line? Ridiculous

    • @eleghari
      @eleghari 12 хвилин тому

      Beyond ridiculous! Also check out Mukaab in Riyadh 🤭

  • @geoms6263
    @geoms6263 7 годин тому +4

    amazing what these Arabs do with money from oil and with the minds of people in the West and with the hands of workers from Pakistan, India, Nepal...

  • @goodson77784
    @goodson77784 7 годин тому +6

    I'm gonna be rich because I'm gonna start a company in Saudi Arabia called "Nonsense Construction Inc"

    • @r.awilliams9815
      @r.awilliams9815 6 годин тому +1

      Right up until you offend a certain royal dude, who invites you to take a nice long walk in the Rub' al Khali.

    • @goodson77784
      @goodson77784 6 годин тому

      @@r.awilliams9815 Then I'll call it No Nonsense Construction Inc.

  • @Lothomiras
    @Lothomiras 8 годин тому +1

    SIMON LOOKING BUFF DADDY

  • @ME-ke7qc
    @ME-ke7qc 8 годин тому +3

    Saudi Arabia's Insane Bridge Hotel...just another of saudis projects that will never be built

  • @saellenx3528
    @saellenx3528 Годину тому +1

    They should do a flying city as well.😂😂

  • @TheGillhicks
    @TheGillhicks 7 годин тому

    Can you please do a video about the many routes to the Ocean from Lake Superior….

  • @Kai...999
    @Kai...999 4 години тому +1

    As an engineer, I have to preface my statements with as an engineer. No but seriously I do enjoy these projects despite them being economically strange decisions that might not ever come to fruition. This structure isn’t possible btw. Well, technically it is possible but so complicated they'll never do it.

  • @Ptolemy336VV
    @Ptolemy336VV 9 годин тому +7

    This plan fail beyond spectacular. Not that I dont want it succeed, but the future for this project to be built and maintained and not fallen when gas and oil resohrces will strongly decline in future is just asking for a g9od chance of failing

  • @ohemge12
    @ohemge12 7 годин тому

    Seems more feasable than neom, even if they do need to add a support in the middle of the bridge. Seems like a missed opportunity to not make some pillar to the bottom and encase it in glass so you can see the sea floor, try to make some coral reefs around it or something if its just sand down there

  • @knoxx5553
    @knoxx5553 9 годин тому +4

    They just need to stop

  • @geoms6263
    @geoms6263 7 годин тому

    Trojena: The mountains of NEOM😍

  • @891Henry
    @891Henry 3 години тому +1

    I'm not sure about that guy being 'the most prolific architect of things not built' - that plaudit could fall to Frank Lloyd Wright. Some of his ideas were not as decorative but very, very expensive to build.

  • @thecocktailian2091
    @thecocktailian2091 Годину тому +1

    As soon as I saw the thumbnail, I said to myself thats physically impossible. Like you, Im no physicist or architect, but I got my college level math and basic understanding of how things work. And that just doesnt. At least conceive the thing with giant counter weight structures are the opposite ends. Still impossible, but at least it enters into the realm of feasibility. Until we as a technological society comes up with hyper lightweight materials with incredible strength, these things are just fun to draw. This is Sci Fi stuff only. And this architectural firm is borderline criminal and completely fraudulent.

  • @JaredLS10
    @JaredLS10 9 годин тому

    That outro music made me think I just finished watching a GPS video.

  • @PMCKnivesAndTools
    @PMCKnivesAndTools 9 годин тому +6

    So many porn bots in the comments 😂

    • @krymera666x7
      @krymera666x7 9 годин тому +2

      I see what you mean.

    • @vice.nor.virtue
      @vice.nor.virtue 9 годин тому +1

      Yeah wtf is going on, they're really oversaturating it with compliments. I'm feeling icky.

  • @tomkershaw4384
    @tomkershaw4384 7 годин тому +1

    HEY , CARBON-FIBER NANOTUBES , RIGHT !?!?🤪

    • @sakurakiyori
      @sakurakiyori 57 хвилин тому

      They're gonna start trying to build Outer Heaven, in like five years.

  • @stoicman31
    @stoicman31 3 години тому +1

    I’m beginning to feel sorry for future saudis now. This is turning into a daylight robbery now. These projects will never materialize and these consultants will never turn down free money.

  • @bighammer3464
    @bighammer3464 3 години тому +1

    Ok from now on all dystopian movies are banned from being imported into Saudi Arabia.

  • @ThePretendgineer
    @ThePretendgineer 9 годин тому +1

    I would love to see just one of these projects actually go somewhere instead of throwing money at like 8 of them at the same time, none of which will ever go anywhere.

  • @userGGG702
    @userGGG702 3 години тому

    wish I could have one of the pie

  • @landove1486
    @landove1486 3 години тому +1

    Saudi Arabia has the money, but don't know what to do with it. So they plan the most ridiculous thing ever imagined.
    Then stop mid way after realizing how ridiculous it is.

  • @kineuhansen8629
    @kineuhansen8629 7 годин тому

    some how doubt this would ever be build but i am not sure why

  • @FallenPhoenix86
    @FallenPhoenix86 4 години тому +2

    Can we get a channel dedicated to Saudi CGI money pits?

  • @alexanderdeburdegala4609
    @alexanderdeburdegala4609 9 годин тому

    It appears to be a cantalevered design, so it won't have a problem spanning as displayed.

  • @burisha2351
    @burisha2351 9 годин тому +3

    Am I the only non bot in this land?

  • @razzle1964
    @razzle1964 Годину тому

    Mark Foster Gage told/sold Saudi Arabia the great secret … ‘tourists LOVE a bridge’, whether they know it or not. If you’ve ‘travelled’ you’ll know what I mean.
    I’ve only been to London, Paris, Barca, Valencia, Sofia, Vienna, NYC, Minneapolis, Chicago & a few other places I’ve already forgotten. But, I reckon I’ve been to a bridge in each one of them! Never gave it much thought, until now.🤔😉✌️. You?

    • @eleghari
      @eleghari 12 хвилин тому

      A bridge to nowhere...

  • @thesavagekiwi3492
    @thesavagekiwi3492 Годину тому +1

    This is what happens when you combine try hard designers with twelve year old men that have billions of dollars. I am sure it will end well for all involved.

  • @AlbertoCeschin
    @AlbertoCeschin 7 годин тому +1

    How useless that pool, you have one of the prettiest coral reef just below

  • @Malignant88
    @Malignant88 7 годин тому +1

    They should maybe try and build something useful in Saud, ffs.

  • @TawaniAnyangwe
    @TawaniAnyangwe 3 години тому

    Wow! a parked cruise ship.

  • @Bxr12
    @Bxr12 4 години тому +1

    None of this shit is going to happen. Their projected costs are insanely low. Best case scenario, NEOM will end up being 20% of its pitch.

  • @0animalproductworld558
    @0animalproductworld558 Годину тому +1

    This kind of scheme will only last for a short moment.

  • @WillyKling
    @WillyKling 12 хвилин тому

    A collection of aspirations scribbled on a napkin in a bar.

    • @eleghari
      @eleghari 8 хвилин тому

      ....while drunk.

  • @mrmr446
    @mrmr446 2 години тому

    All sounds lovely if the immediate north was quiet, not that MBS is doing much there.

  • @Core-vu6mc
    @Core-vu6mc Годину тому +1

    I think they are going after the wrong market. There are only so many mega wealthy. There is other money they could be going after. What about creating a futuristic Mars/Moon colony/resort in the desert? It could encompass a lot of the futuristic concepts, attract a lot of tourists but also attract scientific investment. It could be designed to be self contained and self sustaining at least in portions of it to provide a realistic impression of a colony base. Other parts could be more resort.

  • @DalimarBlackheart
    @DalimarBlackheart 9 годин тому +4

    You also have one more factor - water moves, so does the center of balance because of this factor. This "Bridge" would forever be in motion.

  • @CSBastianyGaumnitz
    @CSBastianyGaumnitz 46 хвилин тому

    I think they should skip the other projects and just do this. It looks far more possible than any of the other ideas they have.

  • @linuxophile
    @linuxophile 5 годин тому

    Couldn't they start with something simple like, I don't know, the fastest train?

  • @FloydFreeman-z8i
    @FloydFreeman-z8i 6 годин тому

    Well I say Good luck to the Arabic people that are trying to build something revolutionary rather than just building almost carbon copies of the same types of buildings, maybe it won’t work out, maybe it will, but it really will be interesting to say the least.

  • @angeluscorpius
    @angeluscorpius Годину тому

    Technological feasibility, and whether the Saudis (or MBS) has the money to finance the project is just one or two aspect of the question. Throughout the video, I was waiting to see who or what will sustain the project. Equinox Hotel was mentioned, but how many High Net Worth Individuals would be interested to travel all the way there just to stay in that unique hotel and stare at the marine life below? And come back more than once?
    MBS (the prince) seems to be given to flights of fantasy without due consideration of the economic viability of the projects. The basic question is NOT can we build this dream, but "how will this pay for itself?" The problem is MBS has never had to have a realistic budget where the revenue sustain the expenses. It has always been sustained (or subsidised) by oil revenue.
    Take MBS ( Marina Bay Sands) Hotel and Casino in Singapore. This was NOT built with Singapore's Govt money. This project (an Integrated Resort with a casino) was proposed by the govt and interested investors were invited to make proposals for the Integrated Resort, and tender for the project. So from the start there were interested investors, who had a business model, who worked within the parameters of the project, and could see how the revenue could cover the expenses, and the initial investment.
    The investment is so lucrative, that Las Vegas Sands is investing another $8billion for the expansion of MBS.