🐉 France and Saudi Arabia Are Building a Dragon Ball Z Theme Park Near Paris

Not a drill. Macron and Crown Prince MBS met in Paris, found out they both love Dragon Ball Z, and now a €6 billion park is going up near Cergy-Pontoise — 22,000 jobs, years of construction, no opening date yet.

Funding comes from Qiddiya, the Saudi entertainment fund already building the first DBZ park outside Riyadh: 500,000 square meters, anime locations, and a 70-meter Shenron statue. Paris gets park number two.

Given that Saudi Arabia has also bought into EA, grabbed 10% of Capcom, and taken over Evo in recent months, this is starting to look less like a fun idea and more like a strategy. IGN has the full story.