France, Saudi Arabia agree on €6 billion Dragon Ball Z theme park project near Paris
The Saudi-backed project is expected to create about 22,000 jobs and would be the kingdom’s latest push to expand its entertainment sector.
- On Monday, France and Saudi Arabia signed a €6 billion agreement to build three theme parks near Paris, with one site expected to feature a Dragon Ball theme.
- French President Emmanuel Macron and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discovered their 'shared passion' for manga during a discussion in December 2024, inspiring the project.
- Financed by Saudi group Qiddiya, the development near Cergy-Pontoise is expected to create 22,000 jobs, exceeding the 20,000 generated by Disneyland Paris.
- Ile-De-France head Valerie Pecresse told broadcaster TF1 the project is 'on the scale of Disneyland,' while officials cast it as evidence France attracts foreign investment.
- Construction will span several years with two park themes remaining undisclosed, as officials face criticism over Saudi Arabia's human rights record following journalist Jamal Khashoggi's 2018 killing.
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Saudi Arabia is financing an amusement park in France to compete with Disneyland. The trigger for the billion-dollar project is the joint comic passion of the two heads of state.
With its three Saudi amusement parks, including one dedicated to Dragon Ball Z, macronian France seems to have found its new cultural policy: foreign soft power, entertainment and jobs. But are the French really waiting for their country to be turned into a amusement park? Islamic interference in France, with its petrodollars, is a trade endorsed benignly by the regime. Only Russian interference, whose press speaks without having yet shown it, i…
France's President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi-Arab Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have signed a fundamental agreement on the financing of three new amusement parks in the Paris region. With six billion euros, an amusement park for the Dragon Ball Z manga series is to be built, for which both heads of state are enthusiastic.
France, Saudi Arabia agree on $7 billion Dragon Ball Z theme park | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
PARIS >> France and Saudi Arabia have agreed to build a $7 billion manga-themed amusement park near Paris, the Elysee Palace said on Monday during a visit by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the French capital.
France gets its own Saudi-built manga-inspired theme park
A multi billion-dollar manga theme park is coming to France. Born from French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s shared love of Dragon Ball Z, the colossal project intends to match Disneyland Paris in size, jobs, and spectacle.
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