Cityscape Global 2026 runs from Monday 16 to Thursday 19 November 2026 at the Riyadh Exhibition & Convention Centre in Malham, north of the city. Doors open at 12:00 pm and close at 10:00 pm every day. You have to be 18 or over to get in, and the General Pass was listed at $0 on the sale price when we checked. Diyar Roaa Real Estate is one of this year's exhibitors.
That covers the basics. The rest of this guide deals with what most listings skip: which pass is worth paying for, how not to end up at the wrong venue, how many stands you can realistically see in a day, and why the headline deal figures tell a homebuyer very little.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16 to 19 November 2026 |
| Venue | Riyadh Exhibition & Convention Centre (Malham), Saudi Arabia |
| Opening hours | 12:00 pm to 10:00 pm daily (early entry for premium passes) |
| Age limit | 18+ only |
| General Pass | $0 on the current sale price; from $27 otherwise |
| Organiser | Tahaluf |
| Sponsor and partners | Ministry of Municipalities and Housing, with the Real Estate General Authority (REGA), Vision 2030 and the Housing Program |
| Visitor support | WhatsApp +966 55 595 3750, hotline +966 11 510 1913 (Sun to Thu, 9 am to 5 pm) |
All of this comes from the official Cityscape Global website and its FAQ. REGA also lists the show on its Cityscape 2026 event page, naming investors, developers, brokers, real estate companies and homebuyers as the target audience.
It's Saudi Arabia's biggest annual real estate event: four days in which developers, banks, government bodies, investors and ordinary buyers share the same halls. The organisers describe it as the world's largest real estate exhibition.
Here's the part that changes how you should plan. Cityscape Global is really two shows running at once.
One is an institutional marketplace. Development agreements get signed, giga-project phases get announced, funds meet developers. The other is a retail marketplace, with homes released for sale, bank financing offers and first-time buyer workshops. The big stages and the Deals Hub mostly serve the first. The developer and bank stands are where the second happens.
If you're buying a home, you'll spend almost all your time in the second show. If you're an institutional investor, the reverse.
The organiser is Tahaluf, a joint venture between Informa PLC, the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones (SAFCSP) and the Events Investment Fund. According to the official Cityscape Global 2026 press release, the event is sponsored by the Ministry of Municipalities and Housing in partnership with REGA, Vision 2030 and the Housing Program.
Why should a visitor care? Because the sector's regulator is a partner in the room. A regulatory question about a project can sometimes be put to the right authority on the same day you hear the sales pitch.
The Cityscape brand covers several separate events. Search results mix them up, and so do some calendar sites.
| Event | City | 2026 dates | Relevance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cityscape Global | Riyadh (Malham) | 16 to 19 November | The subject of this guide |
| Cityscape West KSA | Western Region of Saudi Arabia | Separate site and schedule | A different event, promoted from the main site |
| Cityscape Egypt | Cairo | 30 Sep to 3 Oct | Already finished this year |
| Cityscape Qatar | Doha | 27 to 29 October | Separate show |
| Cityscape Kuwait | Kuwait City | 2 to 4 September | Separate show |
If you're shopping for property inside the Kingdom, the Riyadh show is the one you want. If Egypt was your target, this year's Cairo edition has passed, though the Riyadh show does host international pavilions.
| Metric | 2025 (actual) | 2026 (pre-announced) |
|---|---|---|
| Deals and on-site transactions | US$63 billion | Not known until the show |
| Attendance | 164,000+ from 120+ countries | Not stated as a number |
| Exhibitors | 577 from 42 countries | 600+ expected |
| Speakers | Not stated in sources we reviewed | 400+ across 4 stages |
| Exhibition space | Not stated | 166,000+ sqm |
| Residential developers | Not stated | Around 200 local and international |
The $63 billion figure is roughly SAR 237 billion, as reported at the close of the 2025 show.
Our view: that number tells you nothing about apartment prices on the show floor. At events like this, most of the headline value usually comes from development agreements and institutional partnerships, not from individual unit sales. Don't read it as a signal that you need to buy before the market runs away from you.
The more useful figure for a buyer is a different one. During the 2024 edition, the National Housing Company (NHC) set a Guinness World Record by selling 3,980 residential units in 24 hours. That gives you a feel for the scale of retail inventory, and for how fast some phases can sell out.
Not every visitor needs the same day. Pick your row and plan around it.
| You are | Worth your time | Safe to skip |
|---|---|---|
| First-time buyer in Saudi Arabia | First-time buyer workshops, bank stands, developers in your target city | Institutional investment sessions |
| Small-scale individual investor | Rental yield comparisons between similar projects, payment plans | Day-one mega-deal announcements |
| Second-home buyer looking abroad | International pavilions (10+ this year) | Off-plan stands in cities outside your plan |
| Expat resident | Non-Saudi ownership sessions, REGA representatives | Offers in zones where you aren't eligible to buy |
| Broker or property marketer | Developers seeking sales partners, professional sessions | Retail buyer workshops |
The takeaway from this table is simple. Cityscape Global is too big to see all of it. The narrower your goal before you go, the more each hour inside is worth.
The official ticket page lists prices in US dollars, with final prices including 15% VAT. We converted them at the fixed rate of SAR 3.75 to the dollar:
| Pass | Current sale price | In SAR | Full price | In SAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | $0 | SAR 0 | from $27 | SAR 101.25 |
| Business | $450 | SAR 1,687.50 | $850 | SAR 3,187.50 |
| VIP | $1,750 | SAR 6,562.50 | $3,000 | SAR 11,250 |
This is the bit most people miss. According to the official page, the General Pass already includes access to newly launched developments, mortgage and payment-plan offers from developers and banks, expert-led sessions, and booking meetings with developers through the event app and Buyer Guide.
In other words, everything a homebuyer needs is in the General Pass.
The Business Pass adds working logistics: six weeks of early app access, dedicated parking, meeting spaces, on-demand support and post-event investment reports. The VIP Pass adds a VIP entrance and road, a lounge, priority seating at the opening ceremony and an invite-only developer event.
A quick decision test. If you'll hold more than three pre-booked meetings, or you need a quiet room to negotiate, the Business Pass makes sense. If you're looking for a family home, the price difference won't buy you a better unit or a cheaper offer.
Three rules from the ticket page worth knowing before you pay: fees are non-refundable and non-transferable, each person can hold only one pass tied to their details, and payment is by credit card online.
The Riyadh Exhibition & Convention Centre in Malham is not the Riyadh International Convention & Exhibition Center on King Abdullah Road inside the city. Some trade-fair calendar sites still list Cityscape Global at the old in-town address. Rely on them and you could be tens of kilometres from the real venue.
From the organiser's Plan Your Visit page:
Use the Google Maps link on the organiser's page rather than a generic search result. And if you live in central or south Riyadh, time the drive before the day: Malham is well outside most residents' usual routes.
We haven't seen this worked out in any published guide to the show, and we think it matters more than any list of tips.
The show is open 10 hours a day, so 40 hours across four days. Your real visit is much shorter. Say you manage 6 effective hours in the halls, and each stand takes 20 minutes if you ask proper questions about price, payment schedule and handover.
Three percent. That's all you'll see properly in a full day.
So build your shortlist at home, not in the hall. Go through the Cityscape Global 2026 exhibitor list and the event app in advance, pick 10 to 15 that match your city, budget and unit type, and leave room for two or three you'll stumble on.
If you can go twice, use the first day to walk the floor and collect licence numbers and brochures with no money changing hands. Use the second to go back to the stands that survived your checks. That split alone protects you from most impulse decisions.
| Time | What to do | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Before 12:00 | Arrive, park or take the shuttle, have your badge ready on your phone | Don't start the day in a queue |
| 12:00 to 2:00 | Walk the halls without talking prices | Locate your shortlisted stands |
| 2:00 to 3:00 | A buyer workshop or an Urban Stage session | Understand the market before the sales pitch |
| 3:00 to 6:00 | Nine shortlisted stands, 20 minutes each | Collect written offers and licence numbers |
| 6:00 to 7:00 | Break and review | Drop what didn't convince you |
| 7:00 to 9:00 | Bank stands, then six more developers | Compare financing against the offers you collected |
| After 9:00 | Leave before the exit rush | Go home with a shortlist, not a rushed decision |
That's about fifteen stands, close to the ceiling we worked out above.
Beyond the developer stands, the organisers have announced several programmes aimed at buyers this year:
The show compresses time on purpose. An offer ends when the four days end, units are limited, and a salesperson says the price won't come back. Some of that is sometimes true.
Checking can't wait, though. We wrote a separate guide on checking Cityscape Global apartment offers before you sign, covering the free official REGA checks you can run from your phone, the escrow account rule, and the questions to ask in order.
If an offer says the developer will cover the tax, read our guide to real estate transaction tax in Saudi Arabia first so you know exactly what's being covered. And if you're investing, it helps to know how to calculate and verify real estate investment returns before comparing the yield figures you'll hear on the floor.
Check your eligibility before the show, not after it. The organiser's page on foreign property ownership in Saudi Arabia says the updated law on real estate ownership by non-Saudis took effect on 22 January 2026, and explains the sessions on the topic. Zones and eligibility are set by REGA, so treat the show's sessions as an introduction and the regulator as the final word. Negotiating for a unit in a zone where you can't buy wastes everyone's time.
We're exhibiting at Cityscape Global this year, and the reason ties back to everything above: a visitor with a few hours needs someone who can narrow the comparison quickly.
Diyar Roaa Real Estate is based in Al Malqa, Riyadh, and works in real estate development and marketing. Our site lists Riyadh projects such as the Al Suwaidi Al Gharbi villas and Roaa 105 in Al Uraija Al Gharbiyah, alongside listings in Cairo, Dubai and Abu Dhabi for buyers looking beyond the Kingdom.
What we suggest:
Weighing a villa against a townhouse? Our guide to buying a townhouse in Saudi Arabia puts the differences in riyals before you hear them from a salesperson.
| Mistake | Why it happens | What to do instead |
|---|---|---|
| Going to the in-town exhibition centre | Outdated calendar listings online | Use the map link on the official site |
| Buying a Business Pass to buy a home | Assuming a pricier pass means better offers | The General Pass covers developer and bank offers |
| Bringing the kids | Missing the age rule | Entry is 18+ only |
| Paying a deposit on day one | "Offer ends today" pressure | One day to collect, another to decide |
| Wandering without a shortlist | Thinking there's enough time | Roughly 18 stands in a full day |
| Arriving straight from the airport with luggage | No cloakroom on site | Hand luggage only |
From Monday 16 to Thursday 19 November 2026, open daily from 12:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Premium pass holders get early access.
At the Riyadh Exhibition & Convention Centre in Malham, about 30 km from King Khalid International Airport. It isn't the convention centre on King Abdullah Road in central Riyadh.
The General Pass was listed at $0 on the current sale price and from $27 (SAR 101.25) otherwise. Check when you register, since rates depend on when you book.
No. Entry is limited to visitors aged 18 and over.
No. Registration fees are non-refundable and can't be transferred, because each pass is tied to the holder's details.
Yes. The organisers have announced free shuttle buses, with the schedule to follow, plus taxi booking through TAXA or CTC and parking depending on your pass type.
It depends on the property's zone and your eligibility under REGA's rules. The show runs sessions on non-Saudi ownership, but confirm your eligibility before you negotiate.
Cityscape Global is held in Riyadh in November and focuses mainly on the Saudi market, with international pavilions. Cityscape Egypt is a separate show in Cairo, and its 2026 edition ran from 30 September to 3 October.
Get in touch through our contact page or the hotline on 920015776, and we'll send you the stand location and book you a time that suits you.
Cityscape Global puts a rare number of developers and banks in one place for four days. What makes a visit worthwhile is preparation: a pass that fits your goal, the right road to Malham, a shortlist you can actually get through, and checks you don't cut short because an offer is about to expire.
We look forward to meeting you at Cityscape Global 2026. If you'd like to arrive already knowing what you're after in Riyadh, the Diyar Roaa team can help you put your shortlist together before the show.
Event information is current as of 24 October 2026, based on the official sources linked above. Ticket prices and shuttle schedules can change, so check the official site before you go. This content is educational and isn't financial or legal advice.
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