The stadium can accommodate 115,000 people, making it the largest stadium in the world (websites)
Manchester United's idea of building a 100,000-seater stadium, known as the "Wembley of the North" and the largest in the world, appears to be about to die in the cradle.
Morocco agreed to build a large and amazing stadium in the city of Casablanca, which will be one of the stadiums for the 2030 World Cup, which will be hosted by Morocco, Spain and Portugal.
The project is called “The Grand Stadium,” and it is expected to be the largest football stadium in the world with a capacity of up to 115,000 spectators. Morocco hopes that this stadium will host the final match of the World Cup, as it competes with the Santiago Bernabeu and Camp Nou stadiums in Spain.
Preparatory work has already begun to build the stadium on a 100-hectare site in the city of Mansouria in Benslimane province (38 kilometers north of Casablanca), after financing the project was approved last October.
The British company Populus - which designed the new stadium for Tottenham Hotspur - is partnering with the Moroccan architectural firm to design the large stadium, and a group with experience in projects such as the Lusail World Cup Stadium in Qatar, the Khalifa Stadium in the United Arab Emirates, and Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom was chosen to build the stadium.
The large stadium will be built according to FIFA standards, allowing it to host major international competitions (websites)
The company announced - via its official website - that it had won this deal, and said that Casablanca Stadium is expected to be the largest football stadium in the world.
The company added that the stadium derives its identity from the “season” culture in Morocco, as its structure is located under a large tent roof that appears as an exciting intervention in the forest landscape.
The "Season" is a place where members of a number of Moroccan tribes and the general public gather to watch the taburida (traditional equestrian) shows in Morocco, which is an ancient tradition dating back hundreds of years. In this "season" tents are set up in which the contestants in the taburida shows reside. The "season" includes “The field of competition between the teams of knights that come from various regions of the Kingdom.
The company's president said, "The stadium will be built in accordance with FIFA standards, allowing it to host the most important matches in major international tournaments, including the 2030 World Cup. This will be a huge gain for Morocco, raising the country to the highest global stage for infrastructure development." "Sports".
According to the Morocco World News website, the budget of the new stadium project amounts to 5 billion Moroccan dirhams (460 million euros).
The British newspaper "The Sun" indicates that the cost of the stadium will be greater than this figure due to the size of the project and the relative cost of Tottenham Stadium.
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