The stadiums in Jeddah, Dammam and Riyadh are being prepared to accommodate families early next year. PHOTO: REUTERS
The stadiums in Jeddah, Dammam and Riyadh are being prepared to accommodate families in early 2018, said the statement, carried by the state-run Saudi Press Agency late on Sunday.
First Saudi female head of sports should get women exercising
Last month Saudi Arabia announced that, from June, women would be allowed to drive cars, ending the world's only ban on female driving.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's Vision 2030 reform program aims to open up Saudis' cloistered lifestyles, shaped in part by a strict, conservative version of Sunni Islam that limits the role of women, and diversify the economy away from oil.
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