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Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Opens on Saadiyat Island
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CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCEin 79 daysAbu Dhabi's Department of Culture and Tourism named 11 December 2026 in a joint announcement with the Guggenheim[1] Foundation in late July 2026; the foundation's own press release carries the date.Twenty years after it was announced, the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi opens on 11 December 2026 as the largest museum in the Guggenheim family - about 80,000 square metres, against roughly a quarter of that in New York. Frank Gehry arranged it around a single tall atrium with galleries threaded between ten sculptural cones, nine sheathed in stainless steel mesh and one in onyx and glass, so the roofline reads as a cluster of towers from across the Culture District.0.75SeaWorld Abu Dhabi Opens
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE3.3 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "SeaWorld Yas Island, Abu Dhabi to open its doors on 23 May 2023".SeaWorld's first park outside the US, built around what is billed as the world's largest aquarium habitat, opened on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.0.66Ferrari World Opens as the World's Largest Indoor Theme Park in Abu Dhabi
CONFIRMED78% CONFIDENCE15.9 years agoBloomberg's[3] November 4, 2010 report on the public opening, corroborated by Wikipedia[2], dates Ferrari World's opening to that day.Aldar Properties opened Ferrari World on Yas Island, a Ferrari-branded park enclosed by a 200,000-square-meter roof shaped like the brand's GT badge, making it the world's largest indoor theme park.0.64Tropical Islands Resort Opens Inside the World's Largest Free-Standing Hall
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE21.8 years agoWikipedia's[3] Tropical Islands Resort article states the resort opened on December 19, 2004, after Tanjong plc bought the former CargoLifter hangar.A former CargoLifter airship hangar in Brandenburg, big enough to enclose the Statue of Liberty, reopened as the Tropical Islands indoor resort on December 19, 2004. Its beaches, lagoons and rainforest now draw about a million visitors a year to the world's largest free-standing hall.0.63Egypt's Iconic Tower Completed
New Administrative Capital, Egypt
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE1.7 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: the Iconic Tower's "official completion date was 2024".The 394-metre Iconic Tower in Egypt's New Administrative Capital was completed in 2024, becoming Africa's first supertall skyscraper and its tallest building.0.62King Salman Park's First Phase Opens on Riyadh's Old Airport
ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 8 daysThe February 2026 report says "Initial phases are expected to open in late 2026, with substantial completion targeted for 2027", a season recorded here as the first day of the final quarter.[1]The 16.9 sq km park is being laid out over the grounds of Riyadh's former airport, with an Art Park opening first and a Royal Arts Complex of thirteen structures, designed by the late Ricardo Bofill, arranged along a 1.5 km central boulevard. Omrania leads the design with Henning Larsen on the masterplan, and the park carries an estimated cost of SAR 72 billion.0.62Six Flags Qiddiya City Opens Three Years Behind Its First Date
DELAYED4 years late40% CONFIDENCE266 days agoWikipedia[1] records that "On November 16, 2025, it was announced that Six Flags Qiddiya City would officially open on December 31, 2025."The first Six Flags park in Asia opened outside Riyadh with 28 attractions across six themed areas, among them Falcons Flight, billed as the world's tallest, fastest and longest roller coaster. Qiddiya Investment Company awarded a $1 billion construction contract to Almabani General Contractors and Bouygues Batiment International in December 2021.0.62Faroe Islands Open the Sandoy Undersea Tunnel
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CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE2.8 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "the Sandoyartunnilin tunnel opened on 21st December 2023."The Faroe Islands opened the Sandoyartunnilin, an 10.8km subsea tunnel linking Streymoy to the island of Sandoy, replacing a ferry crossing that could take an hour or more.kr 260M0.62Etihad Rail Launches First UAE Passenger Trains
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE85 days agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "the first phase of its passenger train services will begin on June 30".Etihad Rail began passenger service in the UAE, launching an introductory Abu Dhabi-to-Fujairah route ahead of its full national network opening.$11B0.61Eiffel Tower's Rust-Fighting Repaint Unveiled for the Paris Olympics
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE2.3 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "The Eiffel Tower is sporting a new set of rings — the five Olympic rings, to be exact".Paris unveiled the Eiffel Tower in its original 1907 gold-brown shade in June 2024, weeks before hosting the Olympic Games, after a repaint cut back from about a third of the ironwork to roughly 5 per cent.$60M0.61Prince Albert I Opens the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
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CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE116.5 years agoThe museum's own institute (oceano.org[2]) and multiple tourism/history sources date its inauguration by Prince Albert I to 29 March 1910.Monaco's Prince Albert I inaugurated the Oceanographic Museum, an institution he founded to house his marine research, after eleven years of construction into a cliff face above the Mediterranean. The museum, later directed by Jacques Cousteau, remains one of the world's foremost centres for oceanography.0.61Ciel Dubai Marina Opens as World's Tallest Hotel
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE312 days agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "The first guests have checked into Ciel Dubai Marina, the world's tallest hotel."A 377-metre, 1,004-room supertall hotel on Dubai Marina's waterfront opened as the world's tallest hotel, its curved concrete form engineered to shed wind loads on a coastal site.0.61
