Basra Sports City is a sports complex in Basra

Basra

Basra is the capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq near Kuwait and Iran. It had an estimated population of two million as of 2009...

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Overview

Its construction was started on 15 July 2009 and expected to be completed in 2012. The city is being funded by the government of Iraq with a budget spending of $550 million dollars, contributed to contain main stadium with capacity of 65,000 people, secondary stadium with capacity of 20,000, four Five Stars hotels and other sports related facilities.

The contract of this project was given to Abdullah Al-Jaburi, a major Iraqi construction contractor, two America

United States

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n companies, 360 architecture and Newport Global. The project is expected to be one of the largest sports complexes in the Middle East

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This project will host the 2013 Gulf Cup of Nations

2013 Gulf Cup of Nations

The 2013 Gulf Cup of Nations is the twenty first edition of the biennial football competition, and will take place in Bahrain, in 2013. The competition was originally going to be hosted in the city of Basra, Iraq but was moved to Bahrain in October 2011 to ensure that Iraq could suitably host the...

 that will be held in Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

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