Althawra Sports City Stadium

Althawra Sports City Stadium
Full name Althawra Sports City Stadium
Location Al-Thawra Street, Sana'a, Yemen
Coordinates 15°24′43.13″N 44°12′5.65″E / 15.4119806°N 44.2015694°E / 15.4119806; 44.2015694Coordinates: 15°24′43.13″N 44°12′5.65″E / 15.4119806°N 44.2015694°E / 15.4119806; 44.2015694
Capacity 30,000 (before bombings)
Surface Grass
Opened 1986
Tenants
Yemen national football team

Altawra Sports City Stadium (Arabic: مدينة الثورة الرياضية‎) is a multi-purpose stadium in San‘a’, Yemen. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 30,000 people and was opened in 1986. It is currently the home ground of the Yemen national football team.[1]

During the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen at the Yemen War, the stadium was destroyed by a Saudi Arabian's air strike. In 2016, the stadium suffered bomb damage again.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Infos about Yemeni stadiums (worldstadiums.com)
  2. ↑ http://yemen.liveuamap.com/en/2016/13-september-althawra-sports-stadium-in-sanaa-was-hit-lastnight/comments


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