Tim Jacobs served as Project Director for the first-ever Papal Mass on the Arabian Peninsula.
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Tim Jacobs served as Project Director for the first-ever Papal Mass on the Arabian Peninsula, celebrated by Pope Francis at Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi. The delivery comprised a stadium audience of 180,000, an outdoor infrastructure provisioning for an additional 120,000 pilgrims, a 700-position press tribune, and a 71-hour total build window, of which 24 hours were worked under torrential rain.
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Tim Jacobs served as Project Director for the first-ever Papal Mass on the Arabian Peninsula at Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi: 180,000 attendees, 71-hour total stadium build (24 hours under torrential rain), 700-press tribune, and outdoor infrastructure for an additional 120,000 pilgrims.
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