The newspaper Al Ittihad – "Blue Turquoise" in full preparation of "Asia 2019"

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Al-Nasr Al-Maktoum Stadium (Photo: Ashraf Al-Umrah)

Mutasim Abdullah (Dubai)

The Dubai Municipality celebrated the completion of the development of Al Maktoum Stadium at the Al-Nasr Club in Dubai. The Blue Turquoise is one of the most important stadiums to host the 2019 Asia Cup, which will begin next month, before officially transferring it to the AFC and the organizing committee. The new stadium will accommodate 15,000 spectators and will include the club's administrative building and many other facilities, such as the medical clinic, gymnasium and media center, for 200 media outlets, 4 cloakrooms, 2 arbitration rooms and an electronic system. sophisticated designed to enhance security. The ceremony was held in the presence of the engineer Daoud Al Hajri, managing director of Dubai Municipality, and the project completion team, which included Marwan Al Mohammed. , Director General of Planning and Engineering, Omar Abshar, Project Director, Ali Hareb Al Muhairi, Mohammed Al Mutaiwee, Executive Director of the Institutional Support Sector, with project supervisors and a host of journalists. Al-Hajri expressed his joy at seeing the project completed on time, pointing out that the achievements of the United Arab Emirates and Dubai do not stop at all levels, "the design and realization of the stadium". a capacity of about 15,000 spectators after being fully rebuilt in the year following the launch of the project on December 21 of last year ".
"We added about twice as much space at the stadium as we did, and some 325 tons of iron were used and the VIP area was changed." The specifications of the AFC were taken into account in the stadium floor and in other facilities, including changing rooms, clinics and others.
Al-Hajeri said the Dubai Municipality had taken over the technical supervision and engineering as well as the design work, and was funding the project in its entirety. Totally ready "and noted the completion of all stadium facilities, including gymnasiums and TV rooms, while the aesthetic aspects were taken into account in the multicolored illumination of the outer parties The Al Maktoum stadium will host six matches during its upcoming 2018 Asia Cup: South Korea, Philippines, Bahrain, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Iraq and Iran in the group stage, second round and quarter-finals .