Althawra Sports City Stadium

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Althawra Sports City Stadium
Full nameAlthawra Sports City Stadium
LocationAl-Thawra Street, Sana'a, Yemen
Coordinates15°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
Capacity30,000 (before bombings)
SurfaceGrass
Opened1986
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. ^ "Al-Thawra sports stadium in Sanaa was hit lastnight by Saudi jets with 5+ sorties. Yemen - Interactive map of Yemen war - Yemen news live map- yemen.liveuamap.com".

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