The new national stadium to replace the Cairo International Stadium and will be part of the larger Olympic sports complex has been completed.
The arena is to be part of the New Capital Sports City Complex in the city, the temporary name of which is New Administrative Capital. It is located 45 kilometres east of Cairo and its construction began in 2015.
Due to the overpopulation of Cairo, it was decided to build a new city and move most of the government institutions to it. According to preliminary forecasts, 6-7 million people will live in the new capital, which makes it the largest urban project in Egypt’s history.
The facility with a capacity of 93,440 seats is being built with the future in mind in which Egyptians would like to host the Olympics and the World Cup. It is known that it will eventually replace Cairo International Stadium as the national venue. No specific indication of a potential anchor tenant was made.
