Rock Stadium was a proposed football stadium based in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
With the aim of increasing tourism and to capitalize on the rising status of football, the Emirati government made a plan to create a unique football stadium.[1]
Rock Stadium was designed by MZ Architects, a firm with locations in countries including Lebanon, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.[2] MZ Architects initially wanted to build the stadium in the desert, but after visiting the mountain, which reminded them of an Ancient Greek amphitheater, they decided to designed a stadium with natural hills for seats and a cave-like entrance that sunk into the ground.[3]
The roof was proposed to be modeled after desert hills.[4] Material excavated by constriction was proposed to be used for the stadium to be more sustainable.[5] Lastly, the Rock Stadium was proposed to have a capacity of around 40000.[6]
The Rock Stadium received attention from foreign media because of its unique design, and received several design awards.[7] However, the stadium was never built.[1]