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Saudi Aramco began trading on Riyadh's Tadawul on 11 December 2019, jumping the 10% daily limit to a value of about US$1.88 trillion, the biggest listed company in the world. Its US$25.6 billion share sale, priced a week earlier, was the largest IPO on record, ahead of Alibaba's 2014 offering.

Tesla entered Saudi Arabia with an evening launch at Bujairi Terrace in Diriyah, showing the new Model Y, the Cybertruck, the Cybercab and Optimus and opening orders, seven years after Musk's 'funding secured' rift with the kingdom's wealth fund.

At the Saudi-US Investment Forum in Riyadh, Qualcomm and Saudi Arabia's national AI company HUMAIN agreed to develop AI data centres and supply Qualcomm data-centre CPU and AI chips, with a Qualcomm chip design centre for the Kingdom.

Diriyah Company awarded a branch of China Harbour Engineering the contract to build the Arena Superblock: the multi-purpose indoor Diriyah Arena seating 20,000 spectators, three mixed-use office buildings and a parking facility with more than 4,000 spaces. The arena sits on the edge of historic At-Turaif and anchors the Grand Avenue district alongside Diriyah's Grand Mosque.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed a pact under which 'any aggression against either country shall be considered an aggression against both', binding the world's top oil exporter to nuclear-armed Pakistan.

Saudi AI company HUMAIN became the first customer for Qualcomm's data-centre chips, targeting 200 megawatts of AI200 and AI250 racks from 2026 to sell AI inference services in the Kingdom and worldwide.

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.

A non-binding MoU for Aramco to explore industrial AI built on Microsoft Azure, a sovereign-cloud roadmap meeting Saudi data-residency rules and a global marketplace for co-developed energy AI, alongside AI, cybersecurity and data skills programmes in the Kingdom.

Aquarabia opened on 23 April 2026 near Riyadh with 22 rides and experiences including the Aquaticar underwater ride, over 250,000 square metres and eight zones themed on Saudi wildlife, next to Six Flags Qiddiya City.

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.

Saudi authorities reported 12 deaths and 309 injuries after the October 10 attack on King Khalid International Airport. Airport operations were temporarily suspended; the toll is the October 11 update.

The 21st IDRA World Congress, the desalination and reuse industry's flagship event and the first held in Saudi Arabia, was rescheduled in mid-October 2026 from 1-5 November 2026 to 24-28 January 2027 at the King Faisal Convention Center in Riyadh.

UEFA has awarded the 2027 Champions League final to the Riyadh Air Metropolitano in Madrid on 5 June 2027, the stadium's second final after 2019. On 20 September 2026 Kalshi's winner market made Barcelona the favourite at about 25%, ahead of Bayern Munich, Arsenal and Real Madrid on 14% and PSG on 12%.

Europe's club season ends in Madrid. The Estadio Metropolitano, Atletico Madrid's home since 2017, hosts the Champions League final for the second time after 2019, when Liverpool beat Tottenham there.

The 92,000-seat stadium rises in northern Riyadh along King Salman Road next to King Abdulaziz Park, its Populous design drawing on the surrounding mountainous landscape. It will be the Saudi national team's headquarters and the venue for the opening match and final of the 2034 World Cup, with a masterplan that adds an athletics stadium, training pitches and an aquatics centre with an Olympic-sized pool.

Saudi Arabia hosts the World Expo for the first time, on a purpose-built site north of Riyadh. Estimated date.

Six runways and 57 square kilometres of terminal city, designed to handle 120 million passengers a year by 2030. Estimated date.

The 14.1 sq km district launched in 2023 was built around the Mukaab, a 400 m by 400 m cube holding roughly 2 million sq m of floor space and a domed AI-powered display. In January 2026 all work on the cube beyond soil excavation and piling was suspended while its financing and feasibility were reassessed, though development of the surrounding real estate continues; Knight Frank has estimated the district's cost at about $50 billion.