• SlicingBot@lemmy.ml
    10·
    4 months ago

    This can’t be a real park. How would you even get to the waterslides, what stair system would work with this?

    • Betty_Boopie@lemmy.world
      37·
      4 months ago

      it’s real and if it didn’t already look dystopian enough, everything is oil themed for some fucking reason.

      I believe it was built for the world cup but wasn’t finished in time, yet another $200+ million wasted in the desert.

      • SlicingBot@lemmy.ml
        8·
        4 months ago

        Bonkers. I guess if you can dream it you can build it.Still this really is a waste of resources.

      • brbposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        3 months ago

        Announced: 04 Oct 2017; Construction Start: 04 May 2019. Timeline matches then I think.

        260 Qatari Riyal = 72 USD. Imagine what it’d cost if the victims’ families were properly compensated:

        Wiki - Qatar

        Also a comment from March on Theme Park Investigator:

        The park will never fully open, since the main contractor did not pay the suppliers. All are refusing to return to finish their works. It’s a shame as it would have been an amazing park.

        Then there are photos from May alleging various rides are not open.