Ghadir Stadium

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Ghadir Stadium
Full name Ghadir Stadium
Location Ahvaz, Iran
Coordinates 31°19′13″N 48°40′09″E / 31.32028°N 48.66917°E / 31.32028; 48.66917
Built 2 February 2006
Opened 15 March 2012
Owner Foolad
Operator Foolad
Surface Grass
Scoreboard 104m² Jumbotron
Architect Zohre Farshid
Structural engineer Saeed Mombeini
Capacity 51,000 seated
Field dimensions 105 x 75 m
Tenants
Foolad (2012–present)

The Ahvaz Ghadir Stadium (Persian: ورزشگاه غدیر اهواز‎) is a new multi-use stadium in Ahvaz, Iran, has a capacity of 50,000 people and is owned by Iran Pro League side Foolad.

Background

In 1974, Zohreh Malileh Farshid, One of Iran's first and youngest female architects designed the Ahvaz Sports Complex.[1] Her wish was to have it ready for Ahvaz to host the 1984 Summer Olympics. The build progress of the complex was ready to start in November 1978 but after the victory of Iranian Revolution in 1979 and start of the Iran-Iraq War in 1981, the building progress was cancelled. After the end of the war in 1989, Ahvaz's then mayor, Mohammad Hossein Adeli was announced that the building of the complex will be started in February 1992. The building of futsall and volleyball venues was started in 1992 and the venues was opened in 1998. Basketball and handball venues was also opened in 2002. The progress of the building of football venue was started on 2 February 2006 after an official visit of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The stadium itself was completed in early 2012 after 6 years of construction.

Environmental compatibility

  • Reductions of greenhouse gases
  • No air pollution
  • No risk of fire
  • Integration with district heating
  • Containment of waste
  • Intensive exploitation of solar energy through solar tracker tools
  • No production of chemical or acoustic emissions
  • Reuse of rainwater
  • Reduction of at least 50% of water needed for irrigation of the field

Opening match

The stadium was opened during a match between Iran national under-20 football team and Foolad reserves team on 15 March 2012 which Iran U-20 won the match 4-2. The stadium was set to host the final match of 2011-12 Hazfi Cup but it was transferred to the Hafezieh Stadium in Shiraz.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pirnia, Mansoureh. Salar Zanan-e Iran. 1995. Maryland: Mehran Iran Publishing.
  2. ↑ "2012 Hazfi cup final venue". Rajanews.com. Retrieved 2013-05-20. 

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Coordinates: 31°19′13″N 48°40′09″E / 31.32028°N 48.66917°E / 31.32028; 48.66917

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