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Basra Sports City Main Stadium - Basrah International

The construction of the largest sports complex in Basra, in the suburbs south of the city. It consists of two stadiums (one with an Olympic size of 80,000 and the other with 20,000 people), four training camps Four hotels, indoor sports facilities, hospital and relief services. During the planning phase, the capacities of the two largest venues were reduced to 65,000 and 20,000 and four five-star hotels and the construction of various sports facilities related to Olympic sports such as swimming, judo, volleyball, basketball, tennis and others. The main stadium will be a multilevel structure with capacity for 60,000, 20 suites and 230 VIP seats.

The complex will also have VIP lounges and restaurants, spectator facilities, 205 VIP underground parking spaces and a tunnel linking the main stadium to the secondary stadium. The basic structure will be cast in-place concrete with prefabricated stadium seats. The structure of the roof will be steel and cantilever 30 feet from the rear support column of the upper deck with a 15-meter back-span. The stadium will be wrapped with a curved wall of curved multidirectional elements.

The football facilities were surrounded by a complex of artificial ponds that together form the map of Iraq when viewed from above. In the center is the main stadium. Throughout the vision of the designers, the stadium was covered with a total of 45,000 square meters of synthetic coating formed on large panels intertwining large steel columns. The outer wrap and roof sheets are supported by a massive structure of 19,000 tonnes of steel.

Under this shell are the concrete supports divided into two levels of seats, surmounted by two giant screens. The Sports Complex is being funded by the Iraqi government with a budget of $ 800 million dollars. Four five star hotels and other sports related facilities. The construction of the sports complex was to be finalized in 2013, but was severely delayed, mainly due to project changes throughout the works.

The first scheduled for opening in early 2013, later postponed to early 2015, the opening finally took place when the stadium was not yet fully completed. The inaugural event, which had 65,000 viewers, was the subject of serious controversy. The first of these was FIFA forcing Egyptian and Syrian clubs to participate in a friendly competition. The second was the lack of power causing a major blackout and the stadium had no backup generators. And that was not enough, countless destroyed seats were loaded by the participants.