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Players & operations
Player's Entrance×1
Player's Rooms4 · 25 lockers
Player's Clinic×1
Ball-boys Room×2
Match Officials×1
Referees Room×1
Doping Control×1
Mix Zone×1
Main Clinic×1
Press Conf. Room98 seats
Main Kitchen×1
مدينة الملك عبدالله الرياضية
King Abdullah Sports City
Alinma Stadium · Jeddah
A world-class venue for teams, federations and major events — where squads land, train, worship, recover and compete without leaving the grounds.
59,204Seats
~3 kmTo JED airport
3M m²Secured estate
2034FIFA World Cup venue
One complete home
Why Alinma Stadium?
A self-contained sports city on Jeddah's Red Sea coast, minutes from one of the region's largest airports — where clubs, national teams and championship organizers arrive, prepare, and compete without ever leaving the grounds.
FIFA-standard natural pitch
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Climate & calendar
Jeddah's coastal setting supports football year-round. Evening kickoffs under the stadium's partially shaded canopy keep players and supporters comfortable, and the pitch was recently rebuilt from the sub-soil up with an advanced drainage system for durability across a full season.
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Effortless arrival
The stadium sits inside King Abdullah Sports City, roughly 3 km from King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED) — a major global hub. A squad can land and be pitch-side within minutes, with Makkah and Madinah within easy reach.
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Everything on one estate
A main stadium, an indoor arena, six grass training pitches, an on-site mosque and mass parking share the grounds — so teams train, worship, recover and play in a single secured environment.
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Attention to detail
Operated under the Ministry of Sport with dedicated operations, grounds and hospitality teams. A Royal Lounge, VIP hospitality and full media halls are built in — every guest, from head of state to press box, is accounted for.
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State-of-the-art
59,204 seats across five floors and a hospitality mezzanine, a FIFA-standard natural pitch, and complete player and broadcast services — designed and built by Saudi Aramco and engineered to World Cup requirements.
The record
By the numbers
59,204
Seating capacity
10,465
Stadium parking spaces
1,103
Security cameras
600
Media seats
153
Royal Box seats
The stage
Who has competed here
Domestic finals, continental deciders, world championships and title fights. The venue has already carried the weight of the calendar's biggest nights.
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1 May 2014
The stadium opens
Designed and built by Saudi Aramco, from a project started in 2013.
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2014 & 2015
King's Cup Finals
Al-Ahli v Al-Shabab in 2014; Al-Hilal v Al-Nassr in 2015.
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2018 & 2022 cycles
Saudi Arabia National Team
FIFA World Cup qualifiers across both qualification cycles.
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Every season
Roshn Saudi League
Home ground of both Al-Ahli and Al-Ittihad.
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Recent seasons
Spanish & Italian Super Cups
Staged in Jeddah — including the Supercoppa Italiana and the Supercopa de España.
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2023
FIFA Club World Cup
A host venue for the tournament in Saudi Arabia.
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2024 / 25
AFC Champions League Elite
Host of the Final.
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Beyond football
WWE, boxing, tennis, chess
World-championship boxing, professional tennis and the Jeddah International Chess tournament.
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2027 · On the horizon
AFC Asian Cup
Proposed venue.
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2034 · On the horizon
FIFA World Cup
Selected host venue.
Matchnight · home of Al-Ahli & Al-Ittihad
On the horizon
Proposed venue, AFC Asian Cup 2027. Selected host venue, FIFA World Cup 2034.
The venue
The Shining Jewel
Opened in May 2014 and designed by Saudi Aramco, the 59,204-seat stadium takes its form from a cut jewel — earning its name — while its façade echoes the carved wooden rawshan screens of historic Jeddah.
The diamond façade · Jeddah rawshan motif
Everything a team needs
Across six levels
- 59,204 partially shaded seats
- FIFA-standard natural grass pitch — rebuilt sub-soil & drainage
- Royal Box (153 seats) & 18 VIP boxes (275 seats)
- Full player & team services on Level 1
- Press & broadcast halls on Level 2
- Dedicated ticketing outlets
- Six grass training pitches, plus artificial pitches
- On-site indoor arena & sports hall
- On-site mosque
- 10,465 on-site parking spaces
- Operated under the Ministry of Sport
At a glance
Venue specification
| Capacity | 59,204 (partially shaded) |
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| Opened | 1 May 2014 |
| Architect & builder | Saudi Aramco |
| Pitch | FIFA-standard natural grass |
| Design motif | Jewel form; Jeddah rawshan façade |
| Floors | 5 levels + 3.5 mezzanine |
| Royal Box | 153 seats |
| VIP boxes | 18 rooms · 275 seats |
| Media seats | 600 |
| Point of sale | 19 |
| To airport (JED) | ~3 km |
| Operator | Ministry of Sport |
| Naming partner | Alinma Bank (through 2029) |
| Complex | King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah |
Seating bowl
Tier by tier
Three rings of seating wrap the pitch, with Gold and Silver hospitality blocks set into the middle and lower levels.
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Upper · Level 5
Blocks 501 to 548 — 48 blocks beneath the canopy.
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Middle · Level 3
Blocks 301 to 345 — 45 blocks, plus five Gold blocks.
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Lower · Level 1
Blocks 101 to 136 — 36 blocks, plus four Silver blocks at pitch side.
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Hospitality
Silver Lounge (Level 3), Gold Lounge (Level 3.5), Royal Box and 18 VIP boxes (Level 4).
Inside the bowl · 59,204 seats
Inside the stadium
Floor by floor
Five occupied floors and a hospitality mezzanine, from player and operations space at ground level up to the Royal Box, control rooms and the upper stands.
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Media & administration
Media Center
Admin Offices
Royal Entrance
3
Lower stands & Silver
Stands · Level 1 & 2
Silver Lounge
Fan ServicesPOS · WC · prayer
Clinics×3
3.5
Gold Lounge
Gold Lounge
4
Royal Box & VIP
Royal Box153 seats
VIP Boxes18 · 275 seats
ECC Control Room×1
Analytical Studios×2
Catering Kitchens×2
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Upper stands
Stands · Level 3
Fan ServicesPOS · WC · prayer
Clinics×2
Guests of honour
Royal & hospitality
From the Royal Box down to the Silver tier, the stadium is built around its guests. Four hospitality levels stack through the west stand, each with its own lounge, entrance and service.
153
Royal Box seats
18
VIP boxes
275
VIP box seats
2
VIP entrances
1
Royal entrance
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The Royal Box · Level 4
A 153-seat Royal Box with its own dedicated Royal entrance on Level 2, served by the ECC control room, analytical studios and catering kitchens on the same floor.
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VIP boxes · Level 4
Eighteen private VIP boxes totalling 275 seats, reached through two dedicated VIP entrances, with catering prepared on-floor.
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Gold Lounge · Level 3.5
The Gold hospitality mezzanine, with five Gold seating blocks in the 301–345 tier and its own Gold entrance.
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Silver Lounge · Level 3
The Silver hospitality lounge on the lower concourse, with four Silver blocks at the pitch-side tier and a shared Gold & Silver entrance.
Hospitality lounge · majlis seating
Private hospitality concourse
Beyond the main stadium
The wider estate
One secured estate on roughly three million square metres, ringed by parking and controlled gates, with a main stadium, an indoor arena, an athletics stadium, training grounds, a mosque and support buildings inside a single perimeter.
3M
Site area (m²)
6
External gates
6
Internal e-gates
6
Accessible entrances
13,171
Site-wide parking spaces
Sport City · the circular estate from above
Training grounds · map key
- 1Athletic Stadium
- 2Pitch A
- 3Pitch B
- 4Pitch C
- 5Pitch D
- 6Pitch E
- 7Pitch F
- 8Artificial Pitch 11×11
- 9Small Artificial ×4
- 10Tennis Courts ×6
Sport Hall
Ministry of Sport building
Helipad
2 Players' Rooms + 2 Clinics
1 Players' Room + 1 Clinic
Grass pitches · FIFA 105×68 m + external dressing rooms
Mosque + ablution & majlis annex
Covered indoor arena
The Sport Hall
A covered multi-purpose arena over three floors, built for indoor competition, ceremonies and large events, with dedicated hospitality, media and support facilities.
- 9,316 seating capacity
- 495 VIP & lounge seats
- 70 media seats · press conference room seats 70
- 3 floors · 4 entrances · 7 points of sale
- 4 main dressing rooms · referees & match officials rooms
- Doping control, control room and equipment stores
The covered sports hall
Track & field
Athletics stadium
A secondary spectator stadium with a full athletics track, with dedicated hospitality, media and accessible seating plus its own support facilities.
- 1,084 seating capacity
- 96 VIP · 20 media · 14 accessible seats
- Media centre (47 seats) & press conference room (67 seats)
- 8 players' rooms · 4 clinics · 6 offices
- VIP room, VIP lounge and VVIP lounge
- 2 external points of sale · 2 main toilet blocks
Athletics stadium · seats 1,084
Across the grounds
The estate in detail
Event night · fireworks over the stadium
On-site mosque · prayer hall
Artificial pitches · four courts
Tennis courts · six courts
Press conference room · 70 seats
Sport Hall · exterior approach
Hospitality in Sport Hall
Getting your team here
Has never been easier
- Nearest airport — King Abdulaziz International (JED), ~3 km
- Global connectivity — a major international hub on the Red Sea
- City — Jeddah, gateway to Makkah & Madinah
- Ground transfer — minutes from terminal to pitch-side
- On arrival — six external gates, PSA inspection, 1,103-camera security operation
JED airport → King Abdullah Sports City
مدينة الملك عبدالله الرياضية
King Abdullah Sports City
A world-class sporting city in Jeddah
- Contact
- Moatasim H. Aljadayl
- Role
- Head of Operations Department
- Kascj@mos.gov.sa
- Venue
- King Abdullah Sports City
Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Operator
- Ministry of Sport
- Naming partner
- Alinma Bank (through 2029)