New stadium in Baghdad nearing completion

The new Al Sadr City Stadium in Baghdad will be completed in August 2014. Zeman Celik has been building one of the most modern soccer stadiums in the region since the end of 2013 on behalf of the Iraqi company Nurol Construction and Trade Inc.

With a capacity of 30,000 seats, it is the largest stadium in the metropolis of Baghdad. A total of 2,045 tons of steel will be used by the time it opens: Main roof construction of 1,700 tons, facade of 75 tons, staircases of 205 tons and a catwalk construction of 65 tons of steel. The construction of the main roof consists of 45m long and 8.5m high truss girders, which were laid 16m apart. They have a cantilever of approx. 28m and are supported at the ends by tensioning columns.