The event will take place in a man-made city with a year-round winter sports complex.
“The deserts and mountains of Saudi Arabia will soon be a playground for winter sports,” the Olympic Council of Asia said in a statement about the decision to choose the Kingdom as the host of the games.
The games are slated to take place in an area of the city called Trojena, “where winter temperatures drop below 32 Fahrenheit and year-round temperatures are generally 10 degrees cooler than the rest of the region,” states the project’s website. Trojena is one of 10 regions within Neom but is unfortunately located in an area that receives very little rainfall, a fact that may become problematic for the games.This hasn’t stopped Saudi’s leadership from having high hopes for the area.
Construction aside, many people are excited about Saudi Arabia hosting the winter games. Alpine skier Fayik Abdi revealed in a statement distributed by the OCA that, as a child, he never believed that he would have the opportunity to ski in his homeland.
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