Nasiriyah Stadium (Arabic: ملعب الناصرية الدولي), also known as Dhi Qar Sports Complex, is a football stadium currently under construction in Nasiriyah, Iraq. It will primarily serve as the new home stadium of Al-Nasiriya FC. The stadium will have a capacity of 30,000 spectators. The net construction cost is estimated around 95 million USD funded entirely by Iraqi government. Construction is currently on hold.
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Location | Nasiriyah, Iraq |
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Coordinates | 31°09′47.7″N 46°14′22.7″E |
Owner | Ministry of Youth and Sports |
Capacity | 30,000 |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | March 2013 |
Construction cost | $ 95 million USD |
Architect | Agence d'Architecture A.Bechu et Associés & Alain-Charles Perrot |
Structural engineer | GEG – Engineering Structures for Life[1] |
Services engineer | Eiffage |
General contractor | Egis |
Main contractors | Sarl Ur D'Architecture & Urbanisme |
Tenants | |
Al-Nasiriya FC |
In 2013, the Iraqi government presented the project for a new stadium in Dhi Qar, in the south of the country, with a design signed by the French architecture firm of Bechu & Associés in collaboration with Alain-Charles Perrot.[2] The project includes a main stadium with a capacity of 30,000 spectators, two training stadiums seating 2,500 and 500 people respectively, a four-star hotel with 80 rooms and two sports pavilions (aquatic center and sports hall).[3] The entire complex complies with FIFA standards.
The project that started in 2013 was supposed to be delivered in two and a half years, but seven years later, only 75% of the stadium is complete.[4]
In January 2022, faced with the delays, the Iraqi government decides to terminate all contracts with the French companies in charge of the work.[5][6]
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