Hot off the UAE Sport Press, as part of the large effort by the Dubai Sports Council to follow up and to measure the standard of performance in sports corporations & facilities, a delegation from the Council held a visit to Dubai Sports Complex which will be the most advanced aquatic centre of its kind all over the world. The main aim of the visit was to check the progress of construction work on the Complex making sure it is all on time.
The Dubai Sports Complex is designed to accommodate 15 thousands seats and can host 10 types of Olympic standard sports. The Complex is a great addition and development for Dubai and UAE sporting scene, opening new avenues in other sports.
The touring party consisted of Dr. Ahmed Al-Sharif chaired the Council’s delegation accompanied by Mr. Kiriakos Giannopoulos the Director of Dubai Sports Complex.
The delegation listened to detailed explanations from Mr. Abdul Hadi Pasha who is one of the project supervising engineers, who spoke about many things including that the construction work has been carried out as per requests to advanced specification. He also confirmed that the work is being completed according to the decided tight schedules in place with the 2000 or so workers on the site doing a great job.
Dr. Al-Sharif expressed satisfaction toward the progress of work. He said: “The construction work is carried out as per the decided schedule and thus the work will be completed along time before the start of the World Swimming Championships – to be hosted by Dubai from 15th to 19th Dec. 2010. We are optimistic that the Dubai Sports Complex will be so advanced and will reflect the great development of the UAE in various sporting fields. Dubai Sports Complex is a great step forward to attain a dramatic jump for the sporting process in UAE. The Dubai Sports Complex has been designed to accommodate more than 10 Olympic events, not just watersport; including: basketball / handball / volleyball. The Complex is also expected to be the greatest aquatic center allover the world, and has been designed to accommodate 4 different types of watersport.
The Dubai Sports Complex is composed of four floors including offices of operations, management and offices for working committees. The Dubai Sports Complex will also contain a media center to be equipped with the most advanced media technology (area: 500 meter/squares). The Dubai Sports Complex will include several restaurants and other utilities to attract spectators helping to create a great atmosphere for visitors to enjoy their time and visit there.
It is worth-mentioning that Dubai has several advanced sports facilities already, the most advanced of which is Meydan which is the biggest Horse Race Grandstand in the world which opened earlier in the year, and has recently been selected as the second most important sports facility in the world.
More to come on The Dubai Sports Complex very soon....
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So lets just marvel at the new project being built as it looks like that will be finished this year, which this article was originally about.
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Agree totally with comment #1. Dubai should be ashamed and embarassed over this.
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