Madinat al-Ladhiqiyah al-Riyadiyah

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ArchNet Site ID	AS00696
Variant Names	Latakia Sports Complex, al-Madinah al-Riyadiyah, Sports Complex
Location	Latakia, Syria
Architect/Planner	Wojciech Zablocki
Client	Syrian Sport Union
Date	1987/1407 AH
Century	20
Decade	1980s
Building Type	recreation and sport
Building Usage	sport facility
Project ID	837

Notes

The sports complex includes: - four covered sports halls, with respectively 5000 seats for the largest and 1500 seats for the other three halls; - the main stadium with some 45'000 seats; - a diving pool (21x20 m), a covered swimming pool (25x12.5 m) and an olympic size swimming pool (50x21 m); - a tennis club with 11 courts; and - a hotel, yacht club, and pleasure port. All the facilities are fully equiped with the necessary infrastructure, including administration, leisure, press and TV, medical center, and recreational buildings. (Source: AKTC)