A delegation from the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) visited Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to review the details of the Kingdom’s bid to host the 2034 World Cup.
The delegation inspected several Saudi facilities, including the King Abdullah Sports City in the coastal city of Jeddah.
The International Federation plans to decide on the Kingdom’s hosting of the 2034 World Cup at a separate meeting on December 11, as well as announcing the host of the 2030 edition.
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The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) approved the joint bid between Morocco, Portugal and Spain as the sole bid to host the 2030 edition, and also approved Saudi’s bid to host to the 2034 World Cup, while announcing the official decision regarding hosting at their next meeting.
On July 29, Saudi Arabia submitted its application file to host the World Cup, at a ceremony organized by the International Federation in Paris.
In August, FIFA announced the details of the Saudi bid to host the 2034 World Cup, revealing 5 cities: Riyadh, Jeddah, Al-Khobar, Abha, and NEOM, which were approved to host to give to the games of the competition.
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The five host cities will be adorned with 15 state-of-the-art stadiums, including 11 brand new stadiums.
Riyadh will include 8 stadiums designated to host World Cup matches, including the new King Salman Stadium, which will accommodate more than 92,000 spectators, and is expected to be hosting the opening and final games of the tournament, according to the statement. Official website Saudi Arabia announced to host the World Cup.
In addition to the new King Salman Stadium in the capital, Riyadh, it has been announced that the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Stadium will be built in the Qiddiya district, next to the famous King Fahd Sports City Stadium, which will be developed and increase its capacity. to over 70,000 viewers.
The stadium in central Jeddah will be built with an architectural design inspired by local heritage and the traditional wooden architecture of Jeddah Al-Balad historic district, while the coastal stadium in King Abdullah Economic City will meet the needs of a community that ‘ town, and whose design will be inspired by coral reefs in the Red Sea.
In the city of Al-Khobar, the Aramco stadium will be located on the shores of the Gulf, which is characterized by a design inspired by the sea, and which resembles the shape of the “vortexes” that emerge from the coast during the summer months.
The King Khalid University Stadium in Abha, currently used by the university, is undergoing temporary expansion work to increase its capacity to over 45,000 spectators, with the aim of using it to host given to the 2034 World Cup games.
In addition, the renovation will focus on modernizing the infrastructure and taking into account the stadium’s lasting legacy.
Activists are calling on FIFA to include a clause allowing Saudi Arabia to cancel its hosting of the World Cup
Two months before FIFA plans to confirm Saudi Arabia’s bid to host the 2034 World Cup, experts and activists again urged FIFA on Friday to authorize an independent investigation into the Kingdom’s human rights obligations for the competition.
NEOM Stadium is expected to be the most prestigious stadium, as it is located at a height of more than 350 meters within the structure of “The Line”. Among the main sources of energy for the stadium are wind and solar energy.
A few days ago, experts and activists called on FIFA again, on Friday, to allow an independent investigation into the Kingdom’s human rights obligations for the tournament.
A group of legal and human rights experts, as well as Saudi activists abroad, are calling on FIFA to include ongoing reviews, and a possible cancellation clause, in the hosting contract. for the 2034 World Cup.
Saudi Arabia, like Qatar, is a traditionally conservative society and needs a massive construction project that relies on migrant workers to build stadiums and other infrastructure for the world’s biggest football event .
“There are no excuses now,” British lawyer Rodney Dixon told the Associated Press: “If it means they have to reach a different kind of deal in December, then so be it.” to do.”
“We are not naive,” said Dixon. “FIFA’s role is not to change the world. They are not the United Nations.”
The briefing in FIFA City came two days after the United Nations General Assembly in New York rejected a Saudi bid for a seat on the 47-nation Human Rights Council for the next three years.
2024-10-16 10:25:00
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