Featuring 25,000 seats for the spectators, the Hazza Bin Zayed stadium is the first construction phase of a mixed-use scheme in Al Ain. Comprising over 1.5 million square feet of development, the stadium and mixed-use scheme will include hospitality, commercial and residential space.
Providing a central year-round location for sports and football enthusiasts, families, friends and businesses to come together, the stadium is designed as the most modern, state-of-the-art facility in the Middle East. The stadium project includes six-storey office building, public realm works, sports centre as well as training, fitness and kids zone facilities. The external works of the project includes roads, car parking, playing fields, and landscaping. It features over 3,000 premium seats and onsite parking for over 2,000 vehicles. The stadium also boasts one of the highest ratios of premium seating in the world for football stadia with the close-up auxiliary area of 5.4 metres providing spectators an unrivalled fan experience.
The construction of the stadium is a combination of structural steel and reinforced concrete on piled foundations with aluminium and composite external cladding and a palm bowl envelope. The stadium is not enclosed and is designed with full architectural treatment to the external facades. It features an unusual flowing roof, which will shade the pitch during late afternoon play. The design of the stadium is in-line with FIFA requirements that will enable it to host national and international events.
Scheduled to open in December 2013, the stadium will be managed and operated by the Al Ain Club Investment Company. It will be home to the famous Al Ain Football Club, the most successful in the UAE.
