Prince Hathloul bin Abdul Aziz Sports City (Arabic: مدينة الأمير هذلول بن عبد العزيز الرياضية) is a multi-purpose stadium in Najran, Saudi Arabia. It is used mostly for football matches. It is the home stadium of Al-Okhdood and Najran has a capacity of 12,000.^[1]

History

Plans to build a sports complex in Najran were announced on 24 January 2008.^[2] The sports complex would be known as Najran Sports City would include a 10,000 seater football stadium, an olympic-size swimming pool, a sports hall to host basketball, volleyball and handball matches, a gymnasium and an 80-room hostel among others amenities. However, construction was delayed and no work was done on the sports complex. On 9 October 2011, it was announced by the then-president of the General Sports Authority (GSA) Prince Nawaf bin Faisal Al Saud that construction would begin sometime in 2012.^[3] On 1 January 2012, it was announced that the stadium's design plans were being modified following an approval on the increase of capacity from 10,000 to 20,000 seats.^[4] Construction on the stadium began sometime in 2013. On 25 December 2019, it was announced that work on the stadium was mostly done.^[5] On 31 August 2020, the sports complex was officially opened under the name of Prince Hathloul bin Abdul Aziz Sports City.^[6]

On 17 November 2020, the first official match was held on the stadium. Najran defeated Al-Thoqbah 2–1 in the 5th round of the MS League.^[7] On 28 November 2020, Al-Okhdood hosted Al-Qaisumah in their first match at the stadium.

See also

• List of things named after Saudi Kings
• List of football stadiums in Saudi Arabia

References