{"id":8535,"date":"2025-06-09T11:41:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T10:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/?p=8535"},"modified":"2025-06-09T11:41:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T10:41:26","slug":"ksa-esports-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/2025\/06\/09\/ksa-esports-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"KSA eSports Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2025-06-09\/saudi-arabia-esports\">Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, From fatwas to \u2018Fortnite\u2019: Saudi Arabia\u2019s $38-billion play to rule esports, 9 Jun 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Neom, the futuristic megacity on the Red Sea coast, intends to be the region\u2019s \u201cfirst true gaming hub,\u201d according to its website, featuring a campus, recording studios, and motion capture and visual effects for game development. Another giga-project near Riyadh, Qiddiya City, is supposed to have a dedicated esports district the size of 17 city blocks, with four arenas and space for esports clubs and gaming companies\u2019 regional headquarters.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, From fatwas to \u2018Fortnite\u2019: Saudi Arabia\u2019s $38-billion play to rule esports, 9 Jun 2025 &#8220;Neom, the futuristic megacity on the Red Sea coast, intends to be the region\u2019s \u201cfirst true gaming hub,\u201d according to its website, featuring a campus, recording studios, and motion capture and visual effects for game development&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103,1044,14,134,937,275,277,114],"tags":[1041,1045,501,190,279,55],"class_list":["post-8535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-mena","category-esports","category-games","category-gaming","category-ksa","category-mena","category-saudi-arabia","category-saudi-arabia-internet","tag-digital-mena","tag-esports","tag-games","tag-gaming","tag-ksa","tag-saudi-arabia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8536,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8535\/revisions\/8536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}