- What it measures
- Overall area, site and public space, as stated in the Foundation's January 2022 release; not building floor area
- Date
- Jan 2022
Why figures differ
How big is the Visitor Centre?
Is the Visitor Centre 90,000 m² or something much smaller?
Resolved
Updated 12 Nov 2026
The figures, side by side
What each source says
- What it measures
- Earlier figure in the 2019 launch text, repeated by the Royal Commission and Saudipedia
- Date
- Mar 2019
- What it measures
- Building GFA listed by MEED; single trade source, not confirmed by the Foundation
- Date
- Jun 2023
- Source
- MEEDJun 2023
Why the figures differ
The 90,000 m² figure is the site: the public space around and including the centre, with a nursery, multi-use hall, meeting rooms, exhibition halls and restaurants, according to the Foundation's January 2022 announcement. It is not the floor area of the building. An older text gave 80,000 m², and a 6,000 m² floor-area figure that circulated has no source we can find, so we do not show it.
What we show
We label 90,000 m² as site and public space, never as gross floor area. The main hall, which seats 230 guests in tiers, is listed separately.
What would resolve it
Resolved as site area. A floor-area figure would need a Foundation or designer source.
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