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Will Saudi Arabia’s big bet on the Qiddiya gaming and esports city pay off? | The DeanBeat
Mike Milanov is now head of gaming at Qiddiya, a dreamy "Giga Project" under way near Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.
Milanov: If you think about some of the other governments around the world, they’ve focused on esports or a venue or a particular segment of gaming, because maybe a big publisher is based there that contributes to GDP. But nobody is really, from the ground up, envisioning–what if we wanted to be immersed with all the relevant stakeholders in the industry, and not only pay attention to the esports side, but also the greater market of casual gamers? Milanov: We thought about how long it would take, in some other places in the world, to get funding, get the blue sky idea approved, start construction, figure out the land or whatever it’s called.
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