Sulaibikhat Stadium
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| Former names | Sulaibikhat Stadium (2019–2024) |
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| Address | Sulaibikhat, Kuwait City Kuwait |
| Capacity | 15,000 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 11 December 2024 |
| Renovated | 2019–2024 |
| Architect | Michael KC Cheah & Partners |
| Tenants | |
| Sulaibikhat SC | |
Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Stadium (Arabic: استاد جابر المبارك الصباح), formerly known as Sulaibikhat Stadium, is a football stadium in Sulaibikhat, Kuwait. It is the home stadium of Sulaibikhat SC. It was built on an area of 102 thousand square meters, and can accommodate 15 thousand spectators.[1] It is a part of a large sport venue renovation project to have better sports infrastructure in Kuwait. It was named after Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, 7th Prime Minister of Kuwait.
History
[edit]The stadium underwent heavy renovations starting in 2019.[2] It was opened on 11 December 2024.[3] The stadium has in its mezzanine offices for stadium management and a venue that fits around 100 people for conferences and media personnel. The first floor (2nd in the American system) is dedicated to VIP attendees, whereas the second floor contains the rooms of the commentators, 2 analysis studios, and 14 private rooms that offer a view of the match, each fitting about 8 to 10 spectators.[2]
It is also the first stadium in Kuwait that only has a football pitch without any race tracks. It's also the first stadium to be designed to be similar to European stadiums.[4]
Features
[edit]The stadium includes several floors, the ground floor of which was allocated to rooms for players, referees, and administrators, two sports halls, a warm-up room, in addition to television and radio broadcasting rooms. The mezzanine was allocated for media conferences, a hall for media professionals that can accommodate 100 media professionals, and administrative offices. The first floor contains a spacious hall for important figures (VIP) that includes 98 seats, and the second floor contains special platforms for viewers with a distinctive view of the stadium with 14 rooms, including 200 seats, in addition to 2 analytical studios, and rooms for commentators.[2]
Its floor was made of hybrid grass, which is a mixture of artificial and natural grass together. The stadium was built with a concrete structure and a metal structure, with an external cladding material (ATFE), which gives an aesthetic look to the building, is resistant to natural factors, and allows lighting at the same time. The materials used in most of them are environmentally friendly. There are 28 gates in the stadium, which operate with a security camera system, including a gate that operates with an electronic reservation system, another for medical emergencies, and a third for maintenance and services, in addition to external parking spaces for spectators’ vehicles.[2]
Milestone matches
[edit]Opening friendly match
[edit]| 15 December 2024 |  Sulaibikhat SC | 2–2 | Kuwait SC | |
| 17:15 UTC+3 |
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Attendance: 5,430 Referee: Khalid Al-Turais (Saudi Arabia) |
26th Arabian Gulf Cup
[edit]| 21 December 2024 |  United Arab Emirates | 1–1 | Qatar  | |
| 22:30 UTC+3 |
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Report | Attendance: 5,007 Referee: István Kovács (Romania) |
| 22 December 2024 |  Iraq | 1–0 | Yemen  | |
| 17:25 UTC+3 | Hussein  64' |
Report | Attendance: 7,203 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar) |
| 24 December 2024 |  Oman | 2–1 | Qatar | |
| 17:25 UTC+3 | Report |
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Attendance: 4,552 Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq) |
| 25 December 2024 |  Saudi Arabia | 3–2 | Yemen | |
| 17:25 UTC+3 | Report |
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Attendance: 9,200 Referee: Qasim Al-Hatmi (Oman) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Al Salibikhaet Stadium". Playmaker. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d "«دُرّتان» في الرياضة الكويتية.. قريباً" (in Arabic). alanba.com. 15 December 2023.
- ^ "Youth Min. inaugurates Jaber Al Mubarak Stadium, ahead of Gulf Zain 26". Kuwait News Agency (KUNA). 11 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ "استاد (جابر المبارك الصباح) بنادي الصليبيخات.. صرح رياضي بمواصفات عالمية على أرض الكويت" (in Arabic). kuna.net. 11 December 2024.
External links
[edit]- Stadium information Archived 26 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine