Could This Giant Floating City Become the World's Biggest Cruise Ship?
Backers say the $16 billion vessel could carry 80,000 people and needs funding before construction can begin.
- Freedom Cruise Line CEO Roger Gooch has revived the Freedom Ship, a proposed mile-long floating city designed to house up to 80,000 residents, visitors, and crew with a $16 billion price tag.
- While the concept has been "about to break ground" since the 1990s, Newsweek recently noted the headline announcing its imminent construction has appeared in nearly identical form across three different decades.
- The 2.3 million-tonne vessel would feature 15 miles of walkways and a 15,000-seat sports stadium, yet because it is too large to dock in any port, it would rely on eight helipads and ferries for passenger transit.
- Although Gooch claims "we could almost justify building three ships," the project lacks confirmed funding and would operate in international waters, bypassing conventional oversight for its casino and research hospital.
- The Freedom Ship would dwarf existing residential vessels like The World, which hosts fewer than 200 residences; construction in Indonesia could take four years, with the ship circumnavigating the globe continuously upon completion.
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