Extension of the Grand Mosque:

The first massage of Mosque taken under the Saudi government was 1955. Few even claim that most of the historic sites made by the Ottoman Empire were destroyed during this increase. The second expansion occurred when King Fahad (fifth king of the Saudi Arabia Empire), where the outer area of ​​prayer was added to the traditions. The second expansion ended in 1988. The third expansion brought major changes to the Holy Mosque as warm areas, airports, escalators and the current water system. This increase occurred in 2005. Meanwhile, the fourth increase between Saudi government was nominated for the first time in 2007. Every year the number of pilgrims came to do Hajj so there is a need for a huge expansion of the Holy Mosque. The current expansion is expected to end until 2020. Saudi's last king King Abdullah wanted to increase the power of the Holy Mosque over 2.5 million worshipers at a time. Expenditure costs are estimated at SR 40 billion ($ 10.67 billion).

Extensions are made on the north side of the complex and the main gate will be named by the name of King Abdullah and will have two minarets, total minarets of the holy mosque to 11. The entire existing Mosque sanctuary is 356,000 square meters which enables 770,000 worshipers at one time. The new expansion will extend 400,000 square feet [400,000 sq km] to the Holy Mosque with over 1.2 million worshipers' ability. Thus, the Full Mosque area after expansion will be 756,000 million feet, equivalent to 195 footballs ground. The capacity of Mataf's area will increase as various sites made by the Ottoman will be demolished to increase the entire tawaf area. After the completion of this growth, the Holy Mosque will have over 2.5 million power at a time.