Morocco is set to make history with the construction of the Grand Stade de Casablanca, a proposed stadium that would be the largest football stadium in the world.
The North African country will host the 2030 FIFA World Cup alongside Spain and Portugal, with aspirations for the mega-project to surpass Spain’s Bernabeu or Camp Nou as the prestigious venue for the final.
The planned site is in El Mansouria, a coastal town just east of Casablanca with less than 20,000 inhabitants. With an envisioned capacity of 115,000 spectators, the stadium will supplant the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, which can accommodate 114,000 supporters.
In addition to its huge capacity, the stadium will also feature an athletics track, an indoor swimming pool, a shopping centre and a hotel, fulfilling all the requirements set by FIFA to host this football event, which was watched by 1.5 billion viewers during the last final alone.
The stadiums that will host the World Cup will be officially announced in 2026, by which time the construction of the stadium should be completed.
The National Agency for Public Facilities (ANEP) has reportedly awarded a contract to global architectural firm Populous, in collaboration with the French-Moroccan firm Oulalous + Choi (O+C), to design and construct the stadium after winning the competition for the contract.
According to the middleeastmonitor/ insidethegames
