Salah Al Din Stadium ملعب صلاح الدين | |
Location: | Tikrit, Iraq |
Coordinates: | 34.6235°N 43.6263°W |
Broke Ground: | April 2018 |
Opened: | TBD |
Owner: | Ministry of Youth and Sports (Iraq) |
Surface: | Grass |
Services Engineer: | Panigada – Engineering s.r.i[1] |
Capacity: | 30,000[2] |
Dimensions: | 105 m × 68 m |
Tenants: | Salahaddin FC |
Salah Al Din Stadium (Arabic: ملعب صلاح الدين) is a football specific stadium in Tikrit, Iraq, that is currently under construction.[3] Once completed, it will be used mostly for football matches and will host the home matches of Salahaddin FC as a replacement for their venue Tikrit Stadium. The stadium will have a capacity of 30,000 spectators and will cost approximately $90 million USD funded entirely by Iraqi government.
The design of the facility combines modernity and simplicity. The main stadium has a capacity of 30,000 seats and is specifically assigned to the practice of football.[4] It does not contain an athletic track in order to provide a special visual experience for the spectators in the stadium, who are located as close to the field as possible. In parallel, the sports complex includes 2 training grounds (of 2000 and 500 seats respectively), which are equipped with running tracks.[5] A 75-room hotel is being built within the stadium's perimeter. The entire project is expected to cover an area of 15 hectares.[6]
The stadium is situated on the outskirts of the city of Tikrit on the right side of the Mosul-Baghdad highway.