"Asked why the park was in the desert kingdom, where free speech is curtailed by the regime and homosexuality is a capital offence, [Mr. Beast] said..."

"... most of his fans were outside the United States. 'Middle of the world because a majority of my audience is outside America and we have a big Middle Eastern fanbase,' he wrote on X. 'Wanted to give them a chance to participate!'"

From "World’s biggest YouTuber MrBeast unveils theme park in Saudi Arabia/Jimmy Donaldson, who is known for controversial stunts involving eye-popping prizes, says Beast Land will not be a 'typical theme park'" (London Times).

1. How can any point on the face of a globe be considered the "middle"? It could be the middle of the land mass, but Saudi Arabia isn't that. It's somewhere in Turkey/Iran.  It could be the middle of the population mass, but that would be somewhere in northern India or southern China.

2. The U.S. is the biggest slice of Mr. Beast's audience — 25–30% — but it's true that the majority is outside of the U.S. and the Middle East as a whole is a big chunk — 20–25%. I'm also seeing that Saudi Arabia, of all the countries in the world, has the largest percentage of the population using YouTube — 95.8%.

3. One must infer that the real attraction for Mr. Beast is the money — combined with some idea of "reaching" the people through the absurd infusion of American popular culture? A better question is why the Saudis want this stuff on their land? For tourism? Isn't their tourism better if they keep everything traditional and historical?

4. There is some argument that Mr. Beast is genuinely intrigued by the idea of making a new kind of theme park. Imagine going to Saudi Arabia to break loose from the shackles of theme park conventions.