The City of Firsts
Dubai Sports City is a destination of enduring spirit and passion, a place whose heart and soul is expressed in rich iconography, timeless rituals and modern heroes. A place where sport is life, champions live, and legends are made. With over 50 million square feet of sporting venues, academies, exceptional homes, cultural activities and retail developments, Dubai Sports City is inspired by the greatest cities in the world, but at its heart beats the very essence of sport.
Project Profile
Dubai Sports City is the world’s first purpose-built sports city. Set on 50 million square feet of land within the Dubailand development, Dubai Sports City will feature four magnificent stadia: a 60,000 seat multi-purpose outdoor stadium, a 25,000 capacity cricket stadium, a 10,000 seat multi-purpose indoor arena, and a field hockey venue for 5,000 spectators.
In addition, Dubai Sports City will be the venue for Ernie Els’ first golf course design in the Middle East: an 18-hole championship course named The Dunes which will be the centrepiece of a luxury golf residential community called Victory Heights.
Dubai Sports City will host the first purpose-built Manchester United Soccer Schools facility in the world as well as the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) own Global Cricket Academy, a David Lloyd Tennis Academy and the first Butch Harmon School of Golf outside the United States. The academies area will also house a 3,000 square metre gymnasium and an olympic-length swimming pool.
In addition to the sporting facilities, Dubai Sports City will boast all of the residential and commercial developments expected in a purpose-built city, including international schools, world-class medical facilities, hotels, leisure opportunities and a well-being and lifestyle country club, the Next Generation Club. The primary shopping destination at Dubai Sports City will be a sports-themed retail mall with a leasing capacity of approximately 1.2 million square feet. This mall will be complimented by a multitude of shops, markets, retail plazas and boutiques.
The first phase of Dubai Sports City, which will include the golf course, sports academies and other facilities, as well as the opening phase of the Victory Heights residential community, will be completed by the end of 2007, with the entire development set for completion by 2010.
Sports Facilities Overview
Dubai Sports City is home to state-of-the-art venues and a diverse range of world-class sporting facilities which will host athletes from around the globe.
Venues
The state-of-the-art venues at the heart of Dubai Sports City will form a new international arena for world-class competition. The venues, each built to the specifications of the global governing bodies for the relevant sports, will host major events in football, cricket, rugby, golf, field hockey, tennis and other sports.
Academies
Dubai Sports City is home to a range of world-class sporting academies that will offer customized training programmes to participants of all ages and abilities.
Other Sports Facilities
Multi-functional state-of-the-art gymnasium,
Olympic-size swimming pool,
Sports rehabilitation centre,
Accommodation facilities
Residential At Dubai Sports City, you’ll live in an unrivalled environment, one that is committed to an active life that uplifts every area of your day-to-day existence – how you work, who you socialize with and the quality of the time you spend with the people you love. Dubai Sports City has homes ranging from studio apartments to expansive penthouses and beautiful villas. Live the life you’ve always wanted – only at Dubai Sports City.
Canal Residence
Canal Residence offers five beautiful buildings sporting the Mediterranean, Venetian, Classic European, Arabian and Spanish Andalusia architectural styles. A selection of studio, one, two and three bedroom apartments are available, each reflecting classic refinement and embodying the latest trends in elegant living.
Victory Heights
Victory Heights brings you, and your family, the perfect balance between luxurious living and an active lifestyle. Consisting of stylish villas and townhouses set in and around The Dunes, the 18-hole golf course designed by champion Ernie Els, Victory Heights provides a lush, green sporting oasis of calm that brings harmony to your busy world.
Gallery Villas Welcome to Gallery Villas. Exclusive homes designed for winners who play life with flair and vitality. For connoisseurs who seek perfection in every inch of living space.
Retail Developments
Dubai Sports City, the world’s first integrated sports city, will offer more than 3.8 million square feet of retail space available across all real estate and facilities when construction is completed.
The Dubai Sports City’s trade area will encompass a population of approximately 800,000 people by 2011 given central location in the overall Dubai master plan; with an exciting calendar of international exhibitions, sporting events and concerts in store for the coming years, tenants are in a prime position to benefit from strong brand exposure and growing visitor traffic.
Retail leasing for Dubai Sports City will commence in the third quarter of 2008 with the mega project’s signature retail developments planned for operation by 2010.
Commercial
Life in Dubai Sports City has been designed with people in mind. An authentic city environment, all aspects of day to day life have been incorporated, including a dynamic business community that includes commercial office towers and a strong retail sector, which presents residents with the opportunity to live, play, learn, work and shop, all in one destination creating a unique business experience. Offices will benefit from DSC ideal location running on two major high ways emirates road and al khail road, a short drive away from all new commercial centres free zones and busy inner city.
Community Facilities
Dubai Sports City offers an unprecedented shopping experience, from one of the largest malls in the region to an array of retail plazas and boutiques. With such a multitude of shops, everyone can find anything they need at Dubai Sports City.
Next Generation Club
The Next Generation Club is a full service, health and country club offering a wide range of fitness facilities including a state-of-the-art gym, swimming pool, tennis and squash courts, yoga studios and a spa.
Schools Dubai Sports City will be home to a full range of international schools.
Hospitals and Clinics
Dubai Sports City will host a world-class medical facility including a specialist sports medicine and re-habilitation centre.
