Dubai Sports City
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The Dubai Sports City is a $4 billion, 50,000,000 square feet (4,600,000 m2) mixed-use sports city[1] currently[as of?] being constructed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The city will consist of apartment buildings as well as several sports facilities. The first structures opened in late 2007.
Dubai Properties is master developer of this project for infrastructure. The project is expected[by whom?] to be complete in 2011.
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[edit] Sports Venues
Dubai Sports City will contain the following sporting complexes:
- The main sports structure will be the 60,000 seat, multi-purpose outdoor stadium. This stadium will be used for athletics, cricket and football.
- A 25,000 seat cricket ground
- A 10,000 seat indoor arena
- A 5,000 seat field hockey stadium. The stadium will provide a base to the UAE Hockey Committee and the WorldHockey Academy. The Hockey Stadium is situated at the Dubai Sports City Academy's Campus and provides world-class facilities for international athletes and local enthusiasts. The WorldHockey Academy is the first facility of its kind anywhere in the world. Through a partnership between Dubai Sports City and the International Hockey Federation, the WorldHockey Academy will provide coaching at the highest professional level from seasoned hockey coaches, many of whom have represented their countries in the international arena.[1]
[edit] Sport venues hosted
- Hosted 2 ODI matches between Pakistan and Australia from 22 to 24 April 2009[2]
- Hosted 2 Twenty20 matches between Pakistan and New Zealand from 12 to 13 November 2009.[3]
- Hosted 2 Indian musical concerts on 1 and 2 November 2009.
- Hosted 2 Twenty20 matches between Pakistan and England from 13 to 14 February 2010.
- The Els Club,located in Dubai sports city hosted Callaways Odyssey.[4]
- Dubai Sports city hosted World Twenty20 qualifier matches in February 2010.[5][6]
- Hosted 3 ODI matches between Pakistan and South Africa from 2 to 8 November 2010.
- Hosted a Test match between Pakistan and South Africa on 12 November 2010.
[edit] Image gallery
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Model
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Construction on 1 May 2007
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Dubai Sports City to Host First International Tournament". http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093205397.
- ^ http://www.dubaisportscity.ae/NewsDetails.asp?id=201
- ^ http://www.crichotline.com/pakistan-vs-new-zealand-odi-series-200910-schedule/
- ^ http://www.dubaisportscity.ae/NewsDetails.asp?id=247
- ^ http://www.arabianbusiness.com/577363-dubai-sports-city-to-host-icc-world-twenty20-qualifier
- ^ http://dubaisportscity.ae/NewsDetails.asp?id=251
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