Archive Tabuk Province, Saudi Arabia
The Line
NEOM, Tabuk Province, northwestern Saudi Arabia, near the Gulf of Aqaba (no fixed street address; a linear construction corridor) approximate location
The original concept showed two 500-meter-tall mirrored walls running 170 kilometers. NEOM now describes a phased, demand-led approach without repeating the original hard delivery metrics, while May 2026 reporting said work was halted until after 2030.
The built result, via reporting
There is no useful Street View of this remote construction corridor. Independent reporting described a roughly 2.4-kilometer initial segment and a reduced 2030 population target of about 300,000; in May 2026, Semafor reported that work had been halted until after 2030. As of the August 2026 audit, The Line is stalled, not formally cancelled.
What that rests on
There is no Street View embed on this entry because there is nothing at those coordinates a panorama could show. We would rather say that than put up an unrelated view. How the two halves work.
What changed
- Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman unveiled The Line in January 2021 as a car-free linear city 170 kilometers long, 200 meters wide, and 500 meters tall, planned to house 1.5 million residents by 2030 and 9 million eventually, inside two continuous mirrored facades.
- Independent reporting, rather than NEOM's current project page, has described a scale-down to roughly 2.4 kilometers and about 300,000 residents by 2030. Those figures are attributed reports, not current official NEOM commitments.
- In May 2026, Semafor reported that work on The Line had been halted until after 2030. No formal cancellation was found, so the project is classified as stalled as of August 2026.
- Credible construction reporting describes piling and foundation work for the initial segment. The earlier claim of an excavation up to 500 meters deep was unsupported and confused the concept's approximately 500-meter building height with foundation depth.
- NEOM had planned a stadium built into the structure to host matches for the 2034 FIFA World Cup; that plan has also been reported as scaled back.
Why it changed
Independent reporting attributes the scale-back and halt to budget and feasibility pressures within Saudi Arabia's broader review of PIF-funded megaprojects. NEOM's current page describes a phased, demand-led long-term approach but does not publish the original hard delivery metrics or a detailed accounting of the changes.
Details
- Status
- Announced and rendered. No construction, no cancellation.
- Where
- Tabuk Province, Saudi Arabia
- Neighborhood
- NEOM (Gulf of Aqaba corridor)
- Developer
- NEOM Company, wholly owned by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund
- Architect
- Morphosis (Thom Mayne) led early concept design work reported in coverage of the project; NEOM has not published a single named architect of record for the full length of The Line
- Rendering credit
- NEOM
- The built result
- Shown through cited reporting. No Street View imagery can show this site.
Sources
- NEOM official site: The Line neom.com
- Newsweek: How Saudi Arabia's futuristic megacity will progress in 2026 newsweek.com
- Newsweek: New aerial photos show progress on world's biggest construction site newsweek.com
- Semafor: NEOM halts work on The Line until after 2030 semafor.com
Research checked . Status and figures are updated when a source changes.
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