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My friend a skyscraper is never a good investment. The Burj al-Arab in Dubai has been a bad investment financially if you just look at the revenue obtained from the skyscraper alone but all the upland, the business, exposure, investments, house prices etc. have skyrocketed and all in all it has been a huge success.
Now Dubai has historically and no historical importance in the Arab world. It was just 1 out of thousands of small fishing villages. It's due to clever rulers that it came on the world map and now is world famous and a major destination for tourism, investments etc.
Makkah has been and is the most famous city in the Muslim world and one of the most famous in the world. It does not need a skyscraper for exposure, business etc. So I don't see how money is an initiative here.
Contrary to popular belief then the revenue KSA gets from the hajj is not very big compared to the expenses.
In any case I am not sure if people here even know how this project will look like in say 2025 before they pass judgement?
Also who says that this skyscraper and other buildings cannot be erased as others before them have been erased for thousands of years?
It's not a coincidence that there is so little heritage in the world from more than 2000 years ago that is still standing in its original form.
My point being why literally towering over the Kaba. Literally standing on top of it. Maybe a few hundred meters away would be ok. But then again not my country so not my rules.