MARRAKECH - Marrakech Stadium (45,240)

[Gadiri]

Originally Posted by Amine.INC

Yup, 45,240 is official, but we've heard from other forumers that the seats may be smaller than the usual, but I will wait till the inauguration to see since "officially" the stadium is supposed to meet all the FIFA's last requirements for major soccer venues and the IAAF's for major athletic sports

J'ai pas fais attention à cette info.

I didn't make attention of that in moroccan forum.

[Amine.INC]

Originally Posted by Gadiri

J'ai pas fais attention à cette info.

I didn't make attention of that in moroccan forum.

C'est sur le Forum de Kooora.com

Celui qui a pris les photos :

...لدخول كان صعبا و كنا مضطرين للخروج بسرعة......الكراسي الزرقاء صغيرة و هشة لدرجة لا تصدق

[Gadiri]

Originally Posted by Amine.INC

C'est sur le Forum de Kooora.com

Celui qui a pris les photos :

Marrakech seats :

Originally Posted by Amine.INC

Al Hoceima (small stadium) seats :

I don't see a big difference between seats. Space between seats seems to be the same.

[Amine.INC]

Le stade Al Hoceima n'est pas suppose repondre aux normes FIFA ou meme aux normes de comfort. ca ressemble + a un stade de quartier ! donc je pense que celui qui a decris les nouveaux sieges du stade de kech comme etant " petits et fragiles " la fait en les comparant aux sieges du Mouley abdellah ou Mohammed V ou meme des stades Europeens.

[Aka]

Originally Posted by Amine.INC

Le stade Al Hoceima n'est pas suppose repondre aux normes FIFA ou meme aux normes de comfort. ca ressemble + a un stade de quartier ! donc je pense que celui qui a decris les nouveaux sieges du stade de kech comme etant " petits et fragiles " la fait en les comparant aux sieges du Mouley abdellah ou Mohammed V ou meme des stades Europeens.

So what will happen if (someday) Morocco wins a World Cup bid?

[Gadiri]

Originally Posted by Aka

So what will happen if (someday) Morocco wins a World Cup bid?

Al Hoceima stadium is small stadium, for a small city and a small team.

Morocco will bid for WC 2026.

Ready or UC :
1 - Casablanca 55 000
2 - Rabat 52 000
3 - Fes 45 000
4 - Marrakech 45 000, ready in 2011
5 - Agadir 45 000, ready in 2011
6 - Tanger 45 000 extended to 69 000, ready in 2011

Previous :
7- Casablanca new stadium for ACN 2015 or 2017

All stadiums with FIFA spec ! (and also IAAF )

For a WC, it will miss 2 stadiums at least :
8- Oujda
9- El Jadida
10- Meknes

[davidivivid]

Originally Posted by Gadiri

Al Hoceima stadium is small stadium, for a small city and a small team.

Morocco will bid for WC 2026.

Ready or UC :
1 - Casablanca 55 000
2 - Rabat 52 000
3 - Fes 45 000
4 - Marrakech 45 000, ready in 2011
5 - Agadir 45 000, ready in 2011
6 - Tanger 45 000 extended to 69 000, ready in 2011

Previous :
7- Casablanca new stadium for ACN 2015 or 2017

All stadiums with FIFA spec ! (and also IAAF )

For a WC, it will miss 2 stadiums at least :
8- Oujda
9- El Jadida
10- Meknes

FIFA wants 12 stadiums for a WC.
What are the two stadiums which will be chosen in this case ?

[Aka]

For FIFA 10 is ideal.

[Gadiri]

Originally Posted by davidivivid

FIFA wants 12 stadiums for a WC.
What are the two stadiums which will be chosen in this case ?

Between 9 and 12, exactly.

For WC 2010 bid, we had :

1 - Casablanca 55 000
2 - Rabat 52 000
3 - Fes 45 000
4 - Marrakech 45 000
5 - Agadir 45 000
6 - Tanger 45 000 extended to 69 000
7- Casablanca new stadium
8- El Jadida
9- Meknes

But for 2026, we wil have :

1 - Casablanca 55 000
2 - Rabat 52 000
3 - Fes 45 000
4 - Marrakech 45 000, ready in 2011
5 - Agadir 45 000, ready in 2011
6 - Tanger 45 000 extended to 69 000, ready in 2011

Previous :
7- Casablanca new stadium for ACN 2015 or 2017

All stadiums with FIFA spec ! (and also IAAF )

For a WC, it will miss 2 stadiums at least :
8- Meknes/Oujda/El Jadida/Nador
9- Meknes/Oujda/El Jadida/Nador
10-Meknes/Oujda/El Jadida/Nador
11- Meknes/Oujda/El Jadida/Nador

But I think that it will be :
8- Oujda
9- El Jadida
10- Nador

3 cities with an incredible economic boom and big touristics and others projects realized, under construction and projected

11- Meknes, at 60km of Fes

[Aka]

Originally Posted by Gadiri

Between 9 and 12, exactly.

For WC 2010 bid, we had :



But for 2026, we wil have :

1 - Casablanca 55 000
2 - Rabat 52 000
3 - Fes 45 000
4 - Marrakech 45 000, ready in 2011
5 - Agadir 45 000, ready in 2011
6 - Tanger 45 000 extended to 69 000, ready in 2011

Previous :
7- Casablanca new stadium for ACN 2015 or 2017

All stadiums with FIFA spec ! (and also IAAF )

For a WC, it will miss 2 stadiums at least :
8- Meknes/Oujda/El Jadida/Nador
9- Meknes/Oujda/El Jadida/Nador
10-Meknes/Oujda/El Jadida/Nador
11- Meknes/Oujda/El Jadida/Nador

But I think that it will be :
8- Oujda
9- El Jadida
10- Nador

3 cities with an incredible economic boom and big touristics and others projects realized, under construction and projected

11- Meknes, at 60km of Fes

You know you need, at least, an 80k and a 60k, right?

[Amine.INC]

Originally Posted by Aka

You know you need, at least, an 80k and a 60k, right?

No sir. You may wanna read the FIFA's recommandations first ! a 70k for the final is what you need. even they ask for all new stadiums to not exceed 70.000 ( security issues )

[Gadiri]

Originally Posted by Aka

You know you need, at least, an 80k and a 60k, right?

Remember some finals : Berlin 2006 (70 000) and Yokohama 2002 (70 000)


Final : + 70k
Semi final : + 60k
Inaugural : + 60k
1/4 : + 45k
Others : + 35k (remember France 1998, Toulouse, St Etienne ...)

Final : Casa new stadium 70-80k
Semi Final : Casa new stadium and Tangier (extended from 45 000 to 69 000)
Inaugural : Casa-Rabat-Tangier. Marrakech was proposed for 2010 with 60 000, but no is 45 000.

[Aka]

That is until 2014.

From 2018 onwards you'll need at least a stadium with 80.000 seats for the opening match and the final. Have you guys been sleeping lately?

[Gadiri]

Originally Posted by Aka

That is until 2014.

From 2018 onwards you'll need at least a stadium with 80.000 seats for the opening match and the final. Have you guys been sleeping lately?

You're right, it's new : http://fr.fifa.com/mm/document/affed...dcircularf.pdf

We will have CASABLANCA - Grand Stadium (80,000) like France in 1998 for opening match and final.

Nothing change for semi-final and 1/4 ?

[Aka]

Originally Posted by Gadiri

Nothing change for semi-final and 1/4 ?

No.

[reda2casa]

so are we guys ok ? would you give us this damn 2026 WC ?


THE LAST PHOTOS :










With its uniqueness, the shiny sun of marrakech and the bright light colors... il like it 100%
I hope to free myself for the opening mini tournament this january.

[Axelferis]

looks louis2 Monaco

[Mo Rush]

Love it! Hope they remove the track for a WC bid.

[Gadiri]

Originally Posted by Mo Rush

Love it! Hope they remove the track for a WC bid.

It will be recovered by a "carpet" like in Yokohama and Durban (grass).

Originally Posted by Gadiri

Le Japon et la Corée du Sud ont fait ça en 2002. L'Allemagne en 2006, mais pas l'Afsud en 2010 à Rsutenberg mais ils l'ont fait à Durban.

Yokohama stadium avec et sans couverture : le stade semble différent.

Originally Posted by Gadiri

Le Green Point Stadium c'est au Cap et il n'y a pas de piste.

Le stade qui était recouvert c'est le Moses Madiba stadium de Durban. Le stade peut aussi être utilisé pour le cricket.

Pour le moment il n'y a pas de piste, mais l'Afrique du Sud envisage d'accueillir les JO à Durban ou au Cap. Dans le cas de Durban, le stade olympique est déjà prêt car il suffit juste d'ajouter la piste.

Pour Marrakech, les personnes souhaitant utiliser la piste devraint le faire dans le stade annexe de 6 couloirs et 5000 places, sauf s'il y a une compétition majeure.

[reda2casa]

A Test Match... on Friday, 26 November 2010