Netanya Stadium

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Netanya Stadium איצטדיון נתניה
Location	Netanya, Israel
Broke ground	2005
Opened	Projected 2008
Owner	City of Netanya
Operator	City of Netanya
Surface	Grass
Construction cost	US$23,000,000
Architect	GAB Architects
Tenants	Maccabi Netanya (when completed)
Capacity	12,000 after stage one (24,000 total)

The Netanya Stadium (Hebrew: איצטדיון נתניה, Itztadyon Netanya) is a new multi-use stadium currently being built in Netanya by the city council. Financing of the new stadium is to come from the sale of land where the old Sar-Tov Stadium stands today. Upon completion of the new stadium, Sar-Tov will be demolished and the land will be used for a housing project. Current Sar-Tov tenants, top division football team Maccabi Netanya, will move to the new ground.

[edit] Planning

On September 30, 2003 Israel's minister of interior, Avraham Poraz, approved the plan to build the stadium in an area called Birkat Hanoun. ^[1] The plan was for a 20,000-seat stadium, comprising of four separate stands. The first stand to be built will be the main grandstand. It will house 36 private boxes, a VIP section and the press areas. This will be followed by construction of the remaining stands, along with training grounds.

Spread out over 163 dunams (16.3 hectares), the entire complex will be connected by train and have a parking lot for around 1,000 cars^[2]. Construction is being managed by the Netanya Development Company, who handled planning of the project for three years before construction^[3].