The expanded third edition of Riyadh Season will kick off on October 21st 2022 under the slogan “Beyond Imagination” with an international show by Cirque du Soleil, the General Authority for Entertainment has announced.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Entertainment Authority (GEA), Turki Al-Sheikh, announced details of the season at a launch event on Wednesday.
Al-Sheikh said that the new season would consist of 15 areas, including the Boulevard World, which would display restaurants, markets and arts from several regions around the world, including America, France, Greece, India, China, Spain, and Japan, Morocco, Mexico, in addition to the Italian city of Venice, Asharq Alawsat reports. The Boulevard World will also include the world’s largest artificial lake, allowing visitors to enjoy riding submarines for the first time in Riyadh.
Two separate areas in Riyadh, the Boulevard Riyadh City and the Boulevard World, will be connected this year by a cable car with a capacity of up to 3,000 visitors per hour.
The Boulevard Riyadh City area been expanded to include 12 new restaurants and cafes, in addition to 25 Arab and international plays, including seven Saudi plays.
The Winter Wonderland area returns this year with five new attractions, Al-Sheikh said.
This season will also feature the Riyadh Zoo, with more than 1,300 animals of 190 species.
Additionally, with the World Cup 2022 kicking off in a few weeks in neighboring Qatar,
Al-Sheikh announced that the Riyadh Season would include the Fan Festival zone at Mrsool Park that would accommodate 20,000 fans for each game, in parallel with exhibitions on late football star Diego Maradona and the Newcastle Club. Other sports events will be happening this year, including the Riyadh Season Cup that will bring together Paris Saint-Germain F.C. and players from Al Hilal SFC and Al-Nassr FC, in addition to WWE matches.
