Jordan plans $70m amusement park in Amra city

Jordan has awarded a feasibility study contract for a $70 million amusement park as part of the Amra green city development.

The state-owned Jordan Company for Developing Cities and Facilities (JCDCF), which manages the Amra project, said it awarded the contract to a British-Saudi consortium.

The amusement park is expected to cost about JD50 million ($70 million) and will be part of Amra City’s first phase, scheduled for completion in 2029.

This phase will cover 200,000 square metres of a total estimated area of 575,000 square metres, JCDCF said, adding that operations are slated to begin by the end of 2028.

“The British-Saudi coalition will be responsible for delivering the designs, the master plan and the economic feasibility study for the amusement park,” it said in a statement published on the cabinet’s website.

“The project will become a unique new tourist destination, creating hundreds of job opportunities and stimulating various economic sectors,” it added.

Earlier this month, JCDCF said work had begun on the country’s largest sports stadium, one of Amra’s main projects.

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In 2025, Jordan’s cabinet approved the Amra City project in central Jordan, 40km from the capital, Amman. The cabinet said on its website last year that the new city is not intended to be an administrative or political capital, but to ease demographic pressure on central cities, including Amman and Zarqa.

As well as the stadium and housing, the city will include an international exhibition and conference centre, entertainment facilities, an ecological park, commercial and services zones and cultural facilities.

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