00:00Thanks, Jamie. Yes, Saudi Arabia is having a growing influence in sport and hosting the World Cup will be their greatest victory
00:07The Saudi Pro League has attracted some of biggest names in football including Cristiano Ronaldo
00:13Saudi sovereign well-found
00:15Majority owns Premier League Club and Newcastle United and it is a major investor in live golf high-profile events including f1s
00:22Grand Prix's the WTA tennis finals and boxing have also been held in the country recently
00:28Well, it's all part of vision 2030 which aims to diversify the economy away from oil and transform Saudi
00:36Arabia's social economic and global standing Saudis public investment fund is committing
00:42266 billion dollars including on major sporting events like the World Cup
00:48While at the Saudi World Cup, there will be 15 stadiums 11 of which will be new including the showpiece neon stadium
00:54That will be built 350 meters above ground
00:58improvements to transport networks in the building of around
01:02180,000 new hotel rooms are underway under the tourism development of that vision 2030
01:08The bid was unopposed, but it also scored very highly with FIFA
01:13Saudi's proposal was given a 4.2 average the highest ever bid for a World Cup bid
01:19Many human right groups have expressed concern over the country's record
01:23But FIFA marked it medium risk and the head of Saudi's bid says improvements have already been made
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