{"id":255869,"date":"2019-08-30T17:28:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T20:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=255869"},"modified":"2019-08-30T18:17:26","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T21:17:26","slug":"saudi-arabia-moves-to-spur-entertainment-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/saudi-arabia-moves-to-spur-entertainment-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia moves to spur entertainment industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Saudi Arabia\u2019s General Entertainment Authority (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gea.gov.sa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GEA<\/a>)\u00a0launched an online system to streamline licenses for entertainment businesses and activities. GEA operations director Sultan Al Fakeer said the purpose is to encourage investment in the industry, \u201cwhich is vital and promising.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/e.gea.gov.sa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new online platform<\/a> offers a clear and simple system through which to apply for the licenses, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Arab News<\/em><\/a> reported.\u00a0The move is in line with the government\u2019s Vision 2030 plan to drive economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>This week, investors and public and private industry players joined the <em>Invest in Entertainment<\/em> event in Riyadh. GEA officials explained the new system. Attendees were also able to network and build contacts, <em>Arab News<\/em> said. Fakeer said another initiative will bring together local and international investors soon.<\/p>\n<p>Licenses will be available for activities including \u201clive shows and performances, events, theme parks, entertainment centers, leisure facilities, live entertainment in coffee shops and restaurants, organizing and managing crowds, selling tickets, talent management and operating entertainment facilities,\u201d according to <em>Arab News<\/em>. (<em>Pictured is a performance by Cirque du Soleil last year in Riyadh<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-255851\">Fayez Nureldine\/AFP<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Application for licenses entertainment business and activity licenses has been made easier with a new online system. The purpose is to encourage investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":255851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[10968,10967,9595],"class_list":{"0":"post-255869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-entertainment-en","9":"tag-entretenimento-saudita","10":"tag-saudi-arabia-en"},"wps_subtitle":"Application for licenses entertainment business and activity licenses has been made easier with a new online system. The purpose is to encourage investment. ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}