Executive Summary Global EXPOS is known to attract many participants who directly or indirectly benefit through trade exchanges and employment opportunities. For instance, the EXPO held in Shanghai in the year 2010 was a game-changer for China since it attracted about 73 million participants and more than 300 global companies. The 2020 Dubai EXPO is expected to catalyze economic transformation and facilitate sustainable improvement in performance in the UAE’s GDP in the foreseeable future. Specifically, the findings of the research suggest that the 2020 EXPO would be a game-changer in the UAE sectarian economy since its impact would be felt in the major sectors of the economy such as tourism, retail, manufacturing, and service industries. Besides, it is predicted that the EXPO would create more than 300,000 new jobs to help further lower the single-digit unemployment rate at present. The regression analysis suggests that there is a positive correlation between the GDP of the UAE and different sectors of the economy after the 2020 Dubai EXPO. This positive correlation is associated with increased revenue in these sectors as a result of investments and returns from the influx of opportunities and visitors during the seven months event. Introduction As the host of the first global EXPO held within the region of the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia (MENASA), the Dubai 2020 EXPO is expected to have a massive impact on the economy of the city of Dubai and the entire UAE. Modeled around the theme, Connecting Minds, Creating the Future, the Dubai 2020 EXPO is likely to surpass showcasing commerce, infrastructure, and technology since it will guarantee opportunity, mobility, and sustainability in economic growth and development. It is vital to review the direct and indirect impacts of the 2020 EXPO on the economy of Dubai and the entire UAE. Research Background According to Rahman (2014), the city of Dubai is expected to transform into an agency of economic progress as the current infrastructural developments such as creating sustainable energy sources, creation of transport network, and proactive facilitation of the intrinsic entrepreneurship culture within a single location (Rahman 2014, p. 6). Economists have used words such as ‘economic catalyst’ and ‘transformative’ to describe the potential effect of the 2020 Dubai EXPO. At present, about US$7 billion has been set aside by the UAE for infrastructural developments in Dubai as part of the preparation for the EXPO (International Monetary Fund 2017, p. 7). Besides, the strategic location of the city of Dubai as a hub for global trade reachable by almost a third of the world population within 4 hours makes the city an attractive center for business. Besides, the location of Dubai is a bridge connecting developing and developed nations to guarantees the exponential economic impacts before and after the EXPO. The current infrastructural activities in the leisure, hospitality, tourism, and transport sectors have direct benefits such as the creation of job opportunities and stimulation of the economy from development spending. Besides commerce, EXPO is expected to have a direct impact on the dimension of human development. In a press statement after the successful bid to host the 2020 Dubai E