Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium
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| Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium | |
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| Location |  Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Opened | 1957 |
| Renovated | 1997 |
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| Surface | Grass |
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| Capacity | 65,600 |
Beirut Sports City Stadium (Arabic: ملعب المدينةالرياضية) is a 65,600 capacity multi-use stadium in Beirut, Lebanon. It is currently used mostly for football matches and it also has athletics facilities. It was built in 1957, and most recently renovated in 1997. This stadium was the final venue of 2000 AFC Asian Cup.
Former Lebanese president Camille Chamoun built the stadium. The opening game was a friendly played against FC Petrolul Ploieşti, where Lebanon beat them 1-0 through a Joseph Abou Murad goal.
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- Overall capacity: 65,000 spectators
- Covered area: 12,000
- Uncovered area: 53,000
- Presidential stand: 150
- VIP stand: 1150
- First class stand: 3450
- Press stand: available
- Press reception hall: available
- Conference room: available (350 m²)
- Interview room: available
- Audio-visual press room: available
- Telecommunication room: available
- Commentary positions: available
- Players changing rooms: 4
- Referee changing room: 2
- Health club & drug detection: available
- Warming-up indoors: available
- Electronic display facilities: available
- Field specifications: same as Stade de France
- Number of gates: 18 entrance gates
- Parking capacity: 2500 cars
| Preceded by Jeque Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi |
AFC Asian Cup Final Venue 2000 |
Succeeded by Workers Stadium Beijing |
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