- What it measures
- Overall land size as the owner and the government publish it: 17 million m² in the Foundation's 2025 brochure, more than 17 million m² on the Royal Commission's project page and in its October 2026 statement. We lead with this because it comes from the owner and the oversight body, is the most recent, and sits inside the 16.6 to 17.2 range that other sources give; it is a rounded figure, so we show the others beside it.
- Date
- Oct 2026
Why figures differ
How big is King Salman Park?
Why do sources give the park's area as anything from 16.6 to 17.2 km²?
Explained
Updated 12 Nov 2026
The figures, side by side
What each source says
- What it measures
- Project size on the landscape architect's project page (undated). Gerber Architekten's page gives 16.6 km² too.
- What it measures
- Area cited in an SPA report on private asset development (undated). Asharq Al-Awsat also gave 16.7 km² on 20 November 2025.
- What it measures
- Project overview in MEED's May 2024 construction update. The three phase areas in one secondary source (7.3 + 6.0 + 3.6 million m²) also total 16.9 million m², but Phase 3 is now being replanned.
- Date
- May 2024
- Source
- MEEDMay 2024
- What it measures
- Development footprint on Parsons' project page; the same 17.2 km² was also used in March 2026 MIPIM coverage. A footprint can include parcels that other figures leave out.
- Date
- Mar 2026
- Source
- ParsonsArab NewsMar 2026
- What it measures
- Site area as announced at the launch on 19 March 2019, reproduced in Arabic press. A historical figure from before the masterplan was refined, shown for context only.
- Date
- Mar 2019
- Source
- AjelMar 2019
- What it measures
- Printed in a September 2023 fund story. It looks like a figure for part of the site, or an error, and is unexplained; we keep it out of the headline.
- Date
- Sep 2023
- Source
- Al EqtisadiahSep 2023
Why the figures differ
Every source is describing the same place, but at different moments and with different boundaries. The 2019 launch announced 13.4 km²; later pages give 16.6 km² (SWA and Gerber), 16.7 km² (SPA), 16.9 km² (MEED, 2024) and 17.2 km² (Parsons). The Foundation's 2025 brochure says 17 million m², and the Royal Commission says more than 17 million m². A footprint that includes peripheral parcels will be larger than a park boundary, and a rounded figure will not match a surveyed one. One 2023 Arabic report even printed 7.16 km², which looks like a figure for part of the site.
What we show
We lead with about 17 km² from the Foundation and the Royal Commission, and list 13.4, 16.6, 16.7, 16.9 and 17.2 km² beside it, each with its source, date and measure. We never average them.
What would resolve it
A published boundary map or survey figure from the Foundation that says what is inside the 17 km², and how Phase 3, now being replanned, changes it.
Sources
King Salman Park Founda…Jan 2025ParsonsRoyal Commission for Ri…Saudi Press AgencyMEEDMay 2024AjelMar 2019Gerber ArchitektenSWA GroupMore figures explained
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