New "Kingdom Tower" to stand 1-mile high

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Posted by tubularbills on Apr-07-2011 18:04:

New "Kingdom Tower" to stand 1-mile high

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Here are some facts: ?Kingdom Tower? will be one mile high. It will contain almost 12 million cubic feet of space. It will be part of a larger urban development built to house about 80,000 people, at a cost of almost 30 billion dollars. Using your average elevator, it would take 12 minutes to reach the zenith.

http://gulfnews.com/business/proper...-track-1.700123

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Apr-07-2011 18:10:

These things are kind of irritating, really. Like the current tallest one, the Burj Khalifa, over 90% of which is still completely unused. Just a pointless monolith standing there.

All style, no substance.

Posted by Lews on Apr-07-2011 21:51:

Nouveau riche to the extreme.

Posted by aquila on Apr-07-2011 22:31:

can't wait to see it blow over in a storm

Posted by gmilf on Apr-07-2011 23:13:

what Saudi's wasting money?!

from syriana
Great! They're thinking keep playing, keep buying yourself new toys, keep spending $50,000 a night on your hotel room, but don't invest in your infastructure... don't build a real economy. So that when you finally wake up, they will have sucked you dry, and you will have squandered the greatest natural resource in history...

Posted by Trancealot on Apr-08-2011 02:05:

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
over 90% of which is still completely unused.

Posted by igottaknow on Apr-08-2011 02:11:

tubular bills has an obsession with large erections

Posted by Quazar on Apr-08-2011 02:39:

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
These things are kind of irritating, really. Like the current tallest one, the Burj Khalifa, over 90% of which is still completely unused. Just a pointless monolith standing there.

All style, no substance.

Seriously, it might as well be a giant statue of Zeus or something instead. It would be more badass that way.

Posted by Lira on Apr-08-2011 03:39:

*still waiting for a proper tower of Babel so he can have more fun at work*

Posted by david.michael on Apr-08-2011 13:11:

Those dayumn arabs don't know how to steer, they'll be flying planes into that thing all day.

Posted by Zewad on Apr-08-2011 14:12:

Last night it felt weird going to the 14th floor to a movie theater. I had to get a ticket to wait for my number to be called to then buy a ticket. After selecting our assigned seats we then sat in the wrong ones as the whole theater was empty except for the ones we sat in and were still asked to move b/c somebody else wanted to sit in them.

This story was worthy for this thread.

Posted by FuzzQi on Apr-09-2011 02:15:

That's so crazy - I was living there like 11 years ago