据知情人士透露，沙特阿拉伯的主权财富基金正准备通知2034年男足世界杯的主办方，该基金计划取消原先提议建造的5座新体育场。
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is preparing to inform organizers of the 2034 men’s soccer World Cup that it plans to drop five new stadiums it proposed to build to host the tournament, according to people familiar with the matter.
上述人士称，随着沙特公共投资基金削减部分国内重点投资项目的开支，该基金很可能将建设重点集中在3座新体育场上。取消这5座体育场后，沙特将共有10座可用于举办世界杯比赛的场馆。这些调整属于沙特准备提交给国际足联的修订版规划内容。
Public Investment Fund will likely narrow its focus to three new stadiums as it cuts spending on some of its signature domestic investments, the people said. Dropping the five venues would leave the kingdom with 10 stadiums for World Cup matches. The changes are part of a revised plan the kingdom is preparing to submit to FIFA, the tournament’s organizers, the people said.
沙特公共投资基金拟取消在以下地区的体育场建设计划：位于吉达附近的阿卜杜拉国王经济城和基迪亚海岸；利雅得的罗斯恩新区及新穆拉巴区；以及沙特西北部的尼奥姆地区。其中不少被取消建设的体育场原本隶属于一些已暂停或进度放缓的大型房地产项目。
PIF is looking to drop plans to develop stadiums in King Abdullah Economic City and Qiddiya Coast, both near Jeddah; Roshn and New Murabba in Riyadh; and NEOM, in the kingdom’s northwest. Several of the cancelled stadiums are attached to broader real estate projects that have been halted or where work has slowed.
知情人士指出，沙特官方仍在完善修订后的规划方案，相关计划仍有可能发生变化。目前，沙特公共投资基金及沙特体育部均未对置评请求作出回应。
Saudi Arabian officials are still working on the updated proposals and the plans could change, the people said. PIF and the Saudi Ministry of Sport didn’t respond to requests for comment.
此前路透社曾报道过尼奥姆体育场项目被取消的消息，该体育场原计划建在一座高500米的摩天大楼——“线性城”的楼顶。据Semafor此前的报道，“线性城”的建设已基本停滞，而尼奥姆方面也决定至少在2030年之前不再为该项目拨款。
Reuters earlier reported on the cancellation of the NEOM stadium, which was envisaged as being on the roof of The Line, a 500-meter-tall skyscraper. Work on The Line has effectively ground to a halt, and NEOM has not allocated any funding for the project until after at least 2030, Semafor previously reported.
沙特方面原本还计划在吉达北部的基迪亚海岸地区修建一座可容纳4.5万名观众的体育场，该区域被规划为娱乐与旅游胜地，目前该开发项目也已暂停。此外，位于利雅得新穆拉巴区的另一座同样可容纳4.5万人的体育场也面临取消命运。由于项目首席执行官迈克尔·戴克离职，且作为核心工程的、内部设有显示屏的400米高立方体摩天大楼——其设计风格类似拉斯维加斯的“Sphere”演出场馆——的建设工作陷入停滞，整个新穆拉巴区的开发进度也随之放缓。
Saudi Arabia had also proposed a 45,000-seat stadium at Qiddiya Coast, a planned entertainment and tourism destination north of Jeddah. That development has also been put on hold. Another 45,000-capacity stadium in Riyadh’s New Murabba district is also set to be dropped. Work on the wider development has slowed after the departure of Chief Executive Michael Dyke and the suspension of work on the project’s centerpiece, a 400-meter-tall, cube-shaped skyscraper with screens lining its interior, similar to The Sphere concert venue in Las Vegas.
该王国仍在推进其他新体育场的建设计划，包括由沙特阿美公司开发的达曼体育场，以及位于利雅得的萨勒曼国王国际体育场和穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼王储体育场。
The kingdom is still proceeding with plans for other new stadiums including one in Dhahran being developed by Saudi Aramco, and the King Salman International Stadium and Prince Mohammed bin Salman Stadium in Riyadh.
这些削减可能导致沙特阿拉伯仅建设六座新体育场并翻新四座现有体育场以备战世界杯。其计划在2034年使用的四座体育场也将承办2027年亚洲杯的比赛，该赛事定于1月开幕。
The cuts could leave Saudi Arabia developing just six new stadiums and refurbishing four existing ones for the World Cup. Four of the stadiums it plans to use in 2034 are also due to host matches for the 2027 Asian Cup, which starts in January.
由于该王国卷入了与胡塞武装的也门战争，这项赛事能否在沙特阿拉伯按期举行的前景蒙上阴影。近几周，该武装组织对沙特城市发动了多次袭击，导致首都机场关闭，造成至少18人死亡、数百人受伤。
The outlook for that contest going ahead in Saudi Arabia has been thrown into doubt by the kingdom’s involvement in the war in Yemen against Houthi militias. The group has launched multiple attacks against Saudi cities in recent weeks, shutting down the capital’s airport and killing at least 18 and injuring hundreds.
卡塔尔在临近2022年世界杯时，也曾放弃建设原计划中的四座体育场。
Qatar also previously dropped four of the stadiums it had planned to build for the 2022 World Cup as it got closer to the tournament.