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Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex

Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex
The Main Hall, the largest venue in the complex (2009)
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Full nameCairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex
LocationCairo, Egypt
Coordinates30°04′12″N 31°18′26″E / 30.070092°N 31.307098°E / 30.070092; 31.307098
Capacity16,900 (Main Hall)
1,620 (Hall 2)
720 (Hall 3 and 4)
Construction
Built1990–91
Opened1991; 33 years ago (1991)
Construction cost£E248 million
Main contractorsEgyptian Ministry of Youth and Sports
Tenants
Gezira (basketball) (Hall 2)

Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex (Arabic: مجمع الصالات المغطاة باستاد القاهرة الدولي), built in 1991, consists of four multi-use indoor sporting arenas located near the Cairo International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt. The seating capacity of The Main Hall (also known as The Covered Hall), which is primarily used for sports, is 16,900 spectators.[1]

Construction

The complex was completed in September 1991.[2] In 2016, the halls were equipped with an LED lighting system.[3]

Events

The Main Hall is used for events like badminton, basketball, handball, volleyball, international conferences, parties, and trade fairs. It was built in time for the 1991 All-Africa Games. It hosted the first FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup on African soil.[4] It is one of the 2020 BAL season venues.[citation needed]

Other sporting events held at the Complex include:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Indoor Complex". cairo-stadium.org.eg. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  2. ^ "The Indoor Sports Hall Complex - Cairo - Arab Contractors". www.arabcont.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Cairo Stadium Lights up with Arena LED Lighting System". www.ledinside.com. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Getting to know Africa's flashy basketball arenas". FIBA. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2020.

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