Major General Ali Darwish, President of Cairo Stadium Authority, confirmed that the stadium will be closed for maintenance starting from next April to plant and irrigate summer seeds, for a period of 3 months, according to the agreement concluded with the company responsible for the playing field.-
The “seventh day” was the only decision of the President of Cairo Stadium to close the stadium for a period of 3 months, starting next April.
“We will address the Football Association on Tuesday to arrange the dates for irrigation of the stadium,” he said, adding, “But from the beginning of next April we will close the stadium until the end of the season in order to plant summer seeds for the floor, and this is not a closure but maintenance according to the contract concluded with The company responsible for the pitch. “
Major-General Ali Darwish added, “I informed the Minister of Sports about the matter as it represents the authority responsible for the stadium.”
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Cairo Stadium will host Egypt against Togo next March in the fourth round of the qualifiers for the African Cup of Nations 2021, to be held in Cameroon.
In an official capacity, it was decided to convert the Cairo Stadium into a sports investment commission during the coming period, which would disburse itself from the stadium’s own resources instead of receiving support during the previous period from the Ministry.
The Cairo International Stadium or the Stadium of Terror as it is called one of the oldest stadiums in Egypt and the largest capacity for fans and recently hosted the 2019 African Nations Cup for adults, and also hosted the Egypt U-23 team qualifiers for the Tokyo Olympics, which crowned the young pharaohs with its title.
Cairo Stadium was established in 1958. Designed by German engineer Werner Marsh, it was called “Nasser Stadium”. The construction was completed and opened in 1960, and it opened during the era of former President Gamal Abdel Nasser coinciding with the July celebrations..
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