The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture is a bold new initiative on the part of the Saudi Aramco Oil Company to promote cultural development within the Kingdom. The project will contain some 45 000m2 of diverse cultural facilities, including an auditorium, cinema, library, exhibition hall, museum, and archive. The auditorium will seat 930 visitors and will provide for a wide range of events ranging from opera, symphony concerts, musicals, and speeches etc.