Launched “Central Jeddah Development Company” - A wholly-owned subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), Downtown Jeddah, with its four landmarks - a sports stadium, an opera house, an oceanarium, and an industrial museum - creates a global destination in the heart of Jeddah.

Through the pillars of the Kingdom's Vision 2030 in the cultural aspect aimed at spreading culture and arts, promoting values and consolidating relations between nations with their cultures and customs, the ”Opera House” landmark came for the ”Central Jeddah Destination”, whose construction contract was signed with ”Modern Construction Leaders” company to implement three theaters with high specifications consisting of the main theater that has a capacity of 1500 seats, the medium-sized theater that has a capacity of 700 seats, in addition to the training hall that has a capacity of 200 seats to make the total opera house capacity of 2400 seats.

Main stage for big shows 

The main stage is designed for large-scale performances, with 3 levels of seating designed flexibly from a large control room that can control the space according to the occasion, focusing on the spectator's sense of proximity to the stage and excellent sight lines to the stage from all seating levels, the middle stage is designed as a theater for different artistic performances, while the rehearsal hall is designed for education and rehearsal purposes with an isolated sound system to provide independence for performances, and the intercom system allows communication between technicians and performers backstage.

Opera house 

The Opera House design that went into effect took into account the possibility of having more than one event on a single night, with visitors using the grand entrance to enter the lobbies from the central space, so there could be various events happening in different parts of the building.

Sports stadium 

Within the quality of life, one of the goals of the vision, comes the second landmark “Sports Stadium” for “Jeddah Downtown Destination”, which promotes a vibrant and healthy lifestyle in the Jeddah community, which was designed by GMP International, the famous German architectural firm that designed a number of international stadiums that entered the World Cup in South Africa, Brazil, Russia, and Qatar.

As for the sports stadium, the contract for its construction was signed with the “China Railway Construction Company of Saudi Arabia Limited and Sama Construction Company for Contracting“, through a combination of architecture and smoothness in the master plan through 4 villages, with a capacity of 45,000 spectators to host local and international sports events and events according to FIFA standards and international standards that highlight sports, entertainment and cultural destinations, including gardens with open green spaces and a world-class sports stadium ”air-conditioned“, and includes gardens with open green spaces.

Ocean basins 

To enhance public awareness of the environment and marine life of the Red Sea and promote education, experience, inspiration, and recognition of the beauty and importance of underwater life and its essential role in the process of environmental sustainability, the ”Ocean Aquarium” attraction in the ”Central Jeddah Destination”, which was signed with “Modern Construction Leaders Company” to be a global attraction in line with the Kingdom's Vision 2030 along the coast of Jeddah to showcase the environment and marine life, comes in line with the Kingdom's vision.

The Ocean Aquarium provides an integrated global hub for collaboration between marine biologists and research institutes, making Jeddah a regional and global leader in coral protection, coral reef research, restoration and development, and exploring ways to improve marine life and ecosystems on the Red Sea coast.

“The Oceanarium is a series of pavilions featuring a variety of aquatic marine life found in the Red Sea, consisting of 7 main pavilions, as well as a ticketing and reception pavilion, all centered around a coral courtyard the size of an international soccer field, offering a deep-sea experience to view fish and sea creatures.

A number of local and international companies with extensive experience in the design and implementation of Its four landmarks GMP International designed the sports stadium, while the execution contract was signed by China Railway Construction Company Saudi Arabia Limited and Sama Construction Contracting Company. SOM designed the perimeter basins, while the execution contract was signed by Leaders of Modern Construction. The Opera House was designed by Henning Larsen Architects and Boro Happold Consulting Engineers Limited, the Industrial Museum was designed by Heatherwick Studio, and the main facilities and infrastructure construction contract was signed by China Harbour Engineering Arabia Limited.

6 distinctive areas in Jeddah's Central Jeddah façade 

In addition to the four main landmarks, ”Downtown Jeddah Destination” includes 6 distinct areas: ”Central Area” is the link to the 6 areas and focuses on residential and service sector products, ”Marina and Yachting Area” offers a unique experience in Jeddah that matches international destinations and includes housing, hotels, shopping and entertainment, ”Waterfront Area” is an area that reconnects Jeddah with the Red Sea by providing an open public sandy beach of 2. 1 km, ”Sports Area” promotes the connection of sports to the daily lifestyle of residents and visitors by offering multiple options for sports facilities, “Creativity and Arts Area” aims to provide an inspiring environment for creativity and innovation, ”Environment and Health Area” is an open public sandy beach of 2.1 km, "Sports Zone" promotes linking sports to the daily lifestyle of residents and visitors by offering multiple options of sports facilities, "Creativity and Arts Zone" aims to provide an inspiring environment for creativity and innovation, "Environment and Health Zone" is a medical and health complex that includes medical clinics, research and development facilities, and a destination for health and knowledge.

On the side of numbers, the cost of “Central Jeddah Destination” located from north of Al Salam Palace to the end of the desalination plant is SAR 75 billion, to create a global tourist destination with an area of 5.7 million m2, 17,000 residential units, 2,700 hotel rooms, 40% green spaces, 2.1 kilometers of sandy beaches, 9.5 kilometers of waterfront, 10 quality entertainment and tourism projects, in addition to 4 major landmarks (Opera House), (Sports Stadium), (Ocean Aquarium), (Industrial Museum), and the destination is implemented in three phases, and the destination aims to achieve added value to the Kingdom's economy by about 47 billion Saudi riyals by 2030.

WJDC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund (PIF) and the master developer of the Central Jeddah destination, recently signed four construction contracts for three major architectural landmarks - the Sports Stadium, the Opera House and the Oceanarium - in addition to the infrastructure works for the first phase of the destination, with a total value of SAR 12 billion for the four contracts.