Construction of a 100,000-seater mega stadium in Jeddah is set to start soon after King Abdullah approved plans to build it on a site near the city’s airport.
“The king wants to establish the proposed stadium in a place close to Jeddah and near the airport, as well as to expand Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium in the city,” said Prince Nawaf bin Faisal, head of the Youth Welfare Presidency in comments published by Saudi daily Arab News on Sunday.
Prince Faisal told the paper that work on both projects would start as quickly as possible, adding that architects were working on the new stadium’s design.
“We’ll give top priority to this new stadium project,” the prince said.
The stadium is part of the King Abdullah Sports City that will have a specialist hospital, indoor stadiums and youth hostels, the paper added.
The expansion work on Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium will start immediately to accommodate as many spectators as possible.
Earlier this month, Qatar said it will complete the construction of its first World Cup 2022 stadium in 2015.
Hassan Al Thawadi, Qatar’s 2022 World Cup Committee’s secretary general, said the first of 12 stadia planned for the tournament would include a state-of-the-art cooling system to combat the impact of the summer heat for players and fans.
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