Hamdan Sports Complex
Multi-purpose sports arena in Dubai, U.A.E. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Hamdan Sports Complex is a multi-purpose sports arena in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The arena was completed in summer 2010. It hosted the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in which 153 countries participated. It also hosted the final games of the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship and the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship. The stadium will host international aquatic events. It has total capacity of 15,000 spectators. Beside aquatic events, such as swimming, it will also accommodate badminton, basketball, karate, swimming, tennis, volleyball and water polo.[4][5][6]
Quick Facts Full name, Location ...
Full name | Hamdan Sports Complex |
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Location | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Coordinates | 25.0512548°N 55.3180397°E / 25.0512548; 55.3180397 |
Owner | Dubai Municipality |
Capacity | 15,000 |
Construction | |
Broke ground | May 2008 |
Opened | 10 October 2010[1] |
Construction cost | AED1.1 billion[1] USD $ 300 million EUR € 244 million |
Architect | Binladin Contracting Group LLC |
Project manager | Binladin Contracting Group LLC |
Structural engineer | Binladin Contracting Group LLC |
General contractor | Binladin Contracting Group LLC |
Main contractors | Binladin Contracting Group LLC |
Tenants | |
2010 World Swimming Championships (25m) 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship[1][2] IPTL (2014-present) BWF World Superseries Finals (2014-2017)[3] |
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