DSC Multi-Purpose Stadium
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DSC Multi-Purpose Stadium is a description of a new multi-use stadium in Dubai
, United Arab Emirates
that is currently under construction. It can be used for football, cricket
, rugby union
, and athletics. It was due to open in late 2009, but the financial crisis in Dubai has put its construction on hold. It will have a capacity of 60,000 spectators. It is part of the new mixed-use sports city currently being constructed in Dubai, Dubai Sports City
.
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
, United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
that is currently under construction. It can be used for football, cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
, rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
, and athletics. It was due to open in late 2009, but the financial crisis in Dubai has put its construction on hold. It will have a capacity of 60,000 spectators. It is part of the new mixed-use sports city currently being constructed in Dubai, Dubai Sports City
Dubai Sports City
The Dubai Sports City is a $4 billion, mixed-use sports city currently being constructed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The city will consist of apartment buildings as well as several sports facilities. The first structures opened in late 2007...
.