Exclusive-Saudi Arabia prioritizes sports for NEOM plans

Exclusive-Saudi Arabia prioritizes sports for NEOM plans as costs balloon, sources say
By Pesha Magid, Hadeel Al Sayegh and Federico Maccioni RIYADH/DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia has scaled back lofty ambitions for its NEOM gigaproject to prioritize completing elements essential to hosting global sporting events over the next decade as rising costs weigh,
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