Located
between the Emirates road and the Autodrome, Sports
City will have easy access to all of Dubai’s
major attractions. Dubai Sports City, the world's
first purpose-built sports city, will incorporate
state-of-the-art sporting venues and academies
along with residential and commercial developments.
These will be combined to offer a world class
venue for sports events and activities at all
levels with a residential lifestyle unrivalled
in the region and possibly the world. Indeed,
by building Sports City, the developers of this
huge project have in mind hosting the Olympic
Games of 2020.
Dubai Sports City is the world’s first purpose-built
sports city. Set on 50 million square feet of
land within the Dubailand development, Dubai Sports
City will feature four magnificent stadiums: a
60,000 seat multi-purpose outdoor stadium, a 25,000
capacity cricket stadium, a 10,000 seat multi-purpose
indoor arena, and a hockey field venue for 5,000
spectators. In addition, Dubai Sports City will
be the venue for Ernie Els’ first golf course
design in the Middle East: an 18-hole championship
course named The Dunes which will be the centrepiece
of a luxury golf residential community called
Victory Heights.
Dubai Sports City will host the first purpose-built
Manchester United Soccer Schools facility in the
world as well as the International Cricket Council’s
(ICC) own Global Cricket Academy, a David Lloyd
Tennis Academy and the first Butch Harmon School
of Golf outside the United States. The academies
area will also house a 3,000 m² gymnasium
and an Olympic-length swimming pool.
In addition to the sporting facilities, Dubai
Sports City will boast all of the residential
and commercial developments expected in a purpose-built
city, including international schools, world-class
medical facilities, hotels, and leisure opportunities.
The first phase of Dubai Sports City, which will
include the golf course, sports academies and
other facilities, as well as the opening phase
of the Victory Heights residential community,
will be completed by 2008.
