Sammy Ofer Stadium
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 Sammy Ofer Stadium, January 2012 |
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| Full name | Sammy Ofer Stadium |
| Location | Haifa, Israel |
| Broke ground | 2009 |
| Opened | 2013 |
| Owner | Haifa Municipality |
| Operator | Haifa Municipality |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction cost | ₪530 million |
| Capacity | 30,000 |
| Tenants | |
| Hapoel Haifa (from 2013) Maccabi Haifa (from 2013) |
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Sammy Ofer Stadium, also known as Haifa International Stadium, is a 30,000-seat planned multi-purpose stadium in Haifa, Israel, that began construction in late 2009. It is hoped to be completed by 2013, to be used mostly for football matches and host the home matches of Maccabi Haifa and hapoel Haifa. It will replace their current Kiryat Eliezer Stadium. The stadium is named after naval-mogul Sammy Ofer, who donated $20,000,000 to build the stadium and name it after himself. It is said that Ofer's contribution is 20% of the cost of the stadium and naming it after him was one of his conditions. The stadium is planned to be used in the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship that will be held in Israel.
[edit] History
On September 16, 2008, the Haifa Construction Committee approved the stadium's plans and gave it the green light.
On August 2009, official plans of the stadium released.
On September 2009, it has been announced that the works on building the foundations of the stadium would begin at the end of September 2009.
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- (Hebrew) Official website
- (Hebrew) Municipality of Haifa
- (Hebrew) Haifa Economic Corporation Ltd.
- (Hebrew) Official Plans
- KSS Group
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Coordinates: 32°47′00″N 34°58′00″E / 32.783356°N 34.966765°E
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