US-based architectural firm Populous is working as the lead architect for the newly announced King Salman Stadium in the north of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The new stadium will serve as the Saudi national football team's main headquarters. Earlier this week, Saudi Arabia's Sports Ministry and the Royal Commission of Riyadh City (RCRC) announced that they have approved the design for the new stadium and its associated sporting facilities. The stadium will cover an area of about 660,000 square meters (sq m). It will have a seating capacity of 92,000 spectators. The stadium will feature a 150-seat royal suite, 120 hospitality suites, 300 VIP seats and 2,200 dignitary seats. The plan also includes several sports facilities covering more than 360,000 sq m, which include two training fields and fan zones, a closed sports hall, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, an athletics track and outdoor courts for volleyball, basketball and padel tennis. The construction of the stadium is expected to be completed by 2029. The stadium is located next to the newly announced King Abdulaziz Park. Earlier in July, RCRC announced the start of construction works for King Abdulaziz Park, part of the Green Riyadh programme. The park will cover an area of over 4.3 million sq m. The construction works are expected to be completed within three years.  The centre of the park will feature a botanical garden that covers more than 200,000 sq m and hosts over 200 species of local plants. The Munsiyah tributary, a branch of Al-Sulai Valley, will also run through the park, with a total length of over 11 kilometres covering more than 770,000 sq m within the botanical garden. King Abdulaziz Park is located in the north of Riyadh, close to King Khalid International airport and Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University. (ICE RIYADH)

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