Basra International Stadium
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Basra International Stadium (Arabic: مدينة البصرة الرياضية) is a sports complex in Basra, southern Iraq.
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اِسْتَاد الْبَصْرَة الدُّؤَلِيّ (in Arabic) | |
ملعب جذع النخلة | |
Full name | Basra International Stadium |
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Location | Basra, Iraq |
Owner | Government of Iraq |
Capacity | 65,227[1][2] |
Acreage | 2,770,000 GSF |
Surface | Track & Field (Grass) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1 January 2009 |
Built | 2009–2013 |
Opened | 12 October 2013 |
Construction cost | £550 million [3] |
Architect | 360 Architecture And Newport Global |
Project manager | Newport Global |
Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti |
Services engineer | Abdullah Al-Jaburi |
Main contractors | Abdullah Al-Jaburi |
Tenants | |
Iraq national football team Al-Mina'a SC Naft Al-Junoob SC |
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