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Saudi Arabia’s NEOM opens U.S. headquarters in New York City

Saudi Ambassador Reema bint Bandar tells audience at opening that NEOM should be 'an inspiration for ambitious projects around the world'

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Neom advertisement board at the Red Sea International Film Festival last year in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s $500 billion NEOM project, which is trying to reinvent the urban landscape almost from scratch, has placed its U.S. headquarters smack in the middle of New York City. The office in New York’s Hudson Yards on the...