Dura International Stadium
Full name | Dora International Stadium |
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Location | Hebron, West Bank |
Capacity | 18,000 |
Construction | |
Opened | 1965 |
Renovated | 1999, 2011 |
Tenants | |
Shabab Yatta |
Dora (Dura) International Stadium is an association football stadium[1] in the city of Dura in the Hebron Governorate district of the West Bank.[2] It was opened in 1965[citation needed] and was renovated in 1999 and 2011.[citation needed] It has a capacity of 18,000 and the surface is artificial turf. Renovations cost of more than US$7 million.[citation needed]
In February 2018 the stadium was named after Houari Boumédiène, the second president of Algeria and a supporter of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.[3][4]
In November 2019 the world's largest keffiyeh, measuring 3,000 square meters was unveiled at the stadium in honor of the late President Arafat.[5]
References[]
- ^ rama. "ستاد دورا الدولي". duracity.ps (in Arabic). Retrieved 2019-12-03.
- ^ "Kentucky Fried Chicken in Hebron - The "West Bank's" Richest City". הישוב היהודי בחברון (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2019-12-03.
- ^ "إطلاق إسم هواري بومدين على استاد دورا الدولي". وكالــة معــا الاخبارية. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
- ^ الخليل | إطلاق اسم الرئيس الجزائري هواري بومدين على استاد دورا الدولي تقرير: سامية أبو شرخ, retrieved 2019-12-03
- ^ راسغون, آدم. "عرض أكبر كوفية في العالم داخل استاد كرة قدم في الخليل". تايمز أوف إسرائيل. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
External links[]
- Dora International Stadium, soccerway.com
Categories:
- Football venues in the State of Palestine
- Buildings and structures in the West Bank
- Sport in the West Bank
- Middle Eastern sports venue stubs
- Palestinian sport stubs