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Multi-purpose facility to open in Dubai

Multi-purpose facility to open in Dubai

A new multi-purpose, 20,000-capacity arena is to be built in Dubai.

The Dubai Arena will cover more than 46,000 square metres and will host music concerts, sporting fixtures and other events. The arena will be located in Dubai’s City Walk complex and is expected to be completed by 2018.

International venue management company AEG Ogden will oversee the running of the facility, which will be built by Meraas Holding. 

The arena will be fully air-conditioned and feature changeable seating to allow it to transform depending on the event.

AEG Ogden chairman and chief executive Harvey Lister said: “Dubai Arena joins AEG Ogden’s growing network in the Asia-Pacific region which includes arenas in Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Newcastle and three in China, convention centres with entertainment theatre inclusions in Sydney, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Kuala Lumpur and Oman, plus the 52,000-seat SuncorpStadium in Brisbane and will be a valued addition to AEG Facilities’ family of 130 plus iconic venues worldwide.

“It will also strengthen AEG’s position in the Middle East where stage one of the $1.5bn (£1.2bn/€1.37bn) Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre opened last month and work is proceeding on stage two, which includes a 3,200-seat theatre.”

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