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First 1.5-mile stretch of Saudi's audacious Line megacity begins to rise
• New AtlasAccording to a report from local website Saudi Gazette, Neom's Denis Hickey took to the stage during the PIF Private Sector Forum in Riyadh last week and revealed the details.
The first phase of the Line will be named Hidden Marina and will stretch 2.5 km (1.5 miles) over the desert. It will rise to a height of 500 m (1,640 ft) and will be made up of three individual modular segments, with a mirrored exterior. Its built area will measure 21 million square meters (almost 5,200 acres). To put this into perspective, the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, has a built area of 350,000 square meters (roughly 86 acres).