The Grand Mosque is the largest mosque in the world with a target of having a capacity to accommodate 2.5 million worshippers by 2030. To meet this target, the King Salman Gate Project was announced by Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz with a prayer space for up to 900,000 worshippers.
King Salman Gate is a mixed-use project that houses residences, hotels, shopping malls, restaurants and various commercial infrastructure. It consists of several towers built opposite the world's tallest clock, Makkah Tower. It has a floor space of 12 million square meters or the equivalent of 1680 football fields.
The construction cost, height of the towers and when King Salman Gate will be completed have not yet been announced by PIF. But this project is among those announced under the Saudi Vision 2030 program worth $196 million (~RM 828 million). It will be developed by RUA AlHaram AlMakki, a subsidiary of the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF).
With the construction of this mega project, Saudi Arabia says that they will be able to accommodate up to 30 million hajj and umrah pilgrims a year in the city of Mecca. Three years ago, the Rua Al Madinah Project was announced, which will develop an area located east of the Prophet's Mosque. Under this project, Madinah will also have sufficient capacity to welcome 30 million umrah pilgrims every year.
The Rua Al Madinah Project will have an area of 1.5 million square meters with a built-up floor space of 4.9 million square feet. A total of 47,000 new hotel rooms will be built with a capacity of 149,000 pilgrims per day.
