US EditionSaudi Arabia and OCA Postpone 2029 Asian Winter Games with Revised Hosting Plan
Saudi Arabia will host standalone winter sports events while the 2029 Asian Winter Games are postponed due to delays in the NEOM ski resort, organizers said.
- On Saturday the Olympic Council of Asia and the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee said the 2029 Asian Winter Games have been postponed, with the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee agreeing to an updated framework.
- Riyadh stalled on delivery of the planned Trojena ski resort, prompting media reports that Saudi organisers discussed hosting the 2029 Games four years later or seeking South Korea and China as alternatives.
- The OCA previously gave unanimous approval for hosting at NEOM, which included Trojena's year-round winter sports complex in the mountains within the $500 billion NEOM megacity.
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The Asian Winter Games will not take place in Saudi Arabia in 2029. The Olympic Committee of Saudi Arabia and the Olympic Council of Asia have agreed to postpone the scheduled winter sports event indefinitely.
The 2029 Asian Winter Games, planned for Saudi Arabia, have been postponed indefinitely, the BBC reports. The games were to be held in a city that still exists only on paper, a 170-kilometer-long straight line, simply called The Line, as part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's $500 billion megaproject, NEOM. The plans also included an air-conditioned mountain so that outdoor skiing could be done even in the heat. However, the project has stal…
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Saudi Arabia postpones 2029 Asian Winter Games at futuristic NEOM project
Saudi Arabia’s Olympic Committee and the Olympic Council of Asia have agreed to indefinitely postpone the 2029 Asian Winter Games, which were to have been held in a mountain resort in Saudi’s futuristic city project NEOM.
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