Saudi World Cup 2034, Expo 2030 & Major-Event Delivery
Saudi Arabia will host the FIFA World Cup 2034, while Riyadh is preparing for Expo 2030. Both sit within a wider capital-programme environment where infrastructure, venues, transport, operations and asset readiness must be coordinated at scale.
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Why major events create programme-management demand
Major events compress multiple infrastructure, venue, transport, public-realm and operating-readiness workstreams into fixed deadlines. That creates demand for integrated master scheduling, portfolio controls, interface management, procurement, commercial management, risk, reporting and transition-to-operations planning.
World Cup 2034
FIFA formally appointed Saudi Arabia to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup. From a delivery perspective, the relevant challenge extends beyond individual stadiums to the coordination of city infrastructure, mobility, hospitality, technology, facilities operations and readiness across the event ecosystem.
Expo 2030 Riyadh
Bechtel announced in 2025 that it had been selected as project management consultant for Expo 2030 Riyadh. The scale and fixed-event deadline illustrate why programme controls, PMO/PMC, procurement, cost management and operating readiness are central to major-event delivery.