$7 Billion Dragon Ball Z Theme Park Officially in the Works

Dragon Ball Z is understood for fusion and team-ups, however that is one pairing we did not see coming. On Monday, the Élysée Palace introduced France and Saudi Arabia will collaborate to construct a manga-themed amusement park impressed by Dragon Ball Z in France. It can value the 2 nations €6 billion ($7 billion) and will likely be constructed north-west of Paris.

Based on a report from Reuters, the thought for the French Dragon Ball theme park arose from a 2025 assembly between French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Every chief realized the opposite was an enormous fan of Akira Toriyama‘s iconic franchise.

The undertaking will likely be financed by Qiddiya, a Saudi leisure and funding group. It is the identical firm that is establishing the Dragon Ball theme park in Qiddiya City, a still-being-developed leisure hub exterior of Riyadh. That park will home over 5 rides, 30 sights, a 230-foot Shenron, resorts, and eating places.

One other Dragon Ball theme park is only one of Saudi Arabia’s many forays into sports activities and leisure as an try and launder its public picture through “sportswashing.” It has beforehand established the LIV Golf league and recently completed the Public Funding Fund’s (PIF) purchase of gaming giant EA, amongst different investments.

Saudi Arabia is understood for its authoritarian regime and its human rights abuses. It utilizes capital punishment for various nonviolent offenses, tortures prisoners, restricts free speech, facilitates horrific work circumstances for migrant laborers, enforces anti-LGBTQ laws, and extra. Bin Salman has been accused of ordering the killing of Washington Submit columnist Jamal Khashoggi, in keeping with stories of findings by the CIA.

No opening date or building timeline was shared as a part of the announcement. The Dragon Ball theme park is one in all three theme parks France is trying to construct close to Paris.