Sports infrastructure: The Agadir stadium soon ready

“The major construction site of the Agadir stadium is in the final phase. Only a few finishing touches are missing, just the contours of the stadiums remain to be able to inaugurate it soon”, well-informed sources from the National Company for the Realisation and Management of Stadiums (Sonarges) indicated to ALM. Thus, the stadium, which was launched a few years ago, is 98% complete and is therefore preparing to open its doors soon. Indeed, the fruit of an international architectural competition, the original concept of the Agadir stadium is based on the use of embankments extracted from the land to support the structures of the stands, the roofing of the stands, and other components of the stadium. The project, with a capacity of 45,000 seated places, was the subject of in-depth studies for adaptation to the highly seismic site. Resolving the problems of stability and public safety fo…