AMAALA, the tourist destination along the northwest coast of the Kingdom, has unveiled its unique design for the new yacht club in Triple Bay, located within the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Nature Reserve, a pioneering project with a captivating design and representing a captivating meeting point between land and sea.
AMAALA CEO John Pagano said: “AMAALA is one of the pioneering projects within the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 that plays an important role in the Kingdom’s ambitious goals to be the leading tourist destination on the global tourism map.” He expected Amala to become an international destination for luxury yachts, adding that its design reflects the beauty of The surrounding natural scenes and the authentic Arab heritage.
Dan Flower, HKS Design Director and Senior Architect for AMAALA Yachting Club, said: “From the beginning, we set a clear goal based on constructing a building in harmony with the surrounding environment and drawing its design inspiration from landscapes, marine lifestyles and local culture. A different concept that gives a modern concept to the yacht club, to be an ultra-luxury destination for sea lovers who go to it for leisure or professional sports activities.”
The club consists of 4 floors spread over an area of 7,900 square meters, and is expected to provide a comfortable and attractive destination for its members, whether they intend to conduct business, relax, entertain, or participate in yachting events. on the Red Sea. A vaulted, reflective ceiling over a star-lit floor provides an alternative night sky for guests in the evening.
The marine basin, which extends over an area of 10 hectares, includes a marina with 120 berths for yachts up to 130 meters in length, designed to host yachting events, residents, and boat races, and includes berths for giant yachts, a floating fuel dock and a guest services berth.
AMAALA offers three unique and picturesque destinations spread over an area of 4,155 square kilometres, designed to provide a world-class and unique center for recreation based on the concept of sustainable development, and the entire project aims to meet at least the minimum standards of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification.
The first phase of the Triple Bay development is in full swing and is scheduled to be completed in 2024, and will consist of eight resorts that will provide more than 1,300 hotel rooms, in addition to an array of restaurants, shopping and leisure facilities. The site is witnessing continuous progress in terms of building and enabling infrastructure and main assets, and it currently includes more than 1,000 workers, and AMAALA has awarded more than 250 contracts worth more than 5 billion riyals, including about one billion riyals in the first quarter of this year alone, coinciding with the escalation of the pace of work. field.
An additional 1.2 billion riyals are expected to be awarded in the second quarter of the year, and a request for proposals has been put on the market for a public-private partnership for utilities, with the aim of ensuring that the project keeps pace with its ambitions in the field of sustainability. AMAALA will work with renewable energy without relying on the national power plant.
Today, AMAALA is an essential part of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 strategy to diversify the economy by enabling rapid growth in the tourism sector, and is expected to provide more than 50,000 new direct, indirect and created jobs for Saudis, in addition to pumping more than 3 billion riyals into the gross domestic product. country once it is fully operational.
