Dubai Sports City is known as a city with in a city where the legends are made and together with champions, they celebrate their love for sports. Spanning over an area of 50 million square feet, Dubai Sports City features state of the art sporting facilities, arenas, academies, and holds sporting events for sport lovers. Dubai Sports City is one of the six themed areas in Dubailand, which are famous among the tourists and expatriates as the arena where sports is life.

Dubai Sports City is a project of master developer Dubai Properties, its first structure was opened in 2007. The aim behind the development of Dubai Sports City is to make it a prime sporting infrastructure in Dubai for the sports enthusiasts. Besides its importance for featuring top of the line sports academies, recreational sporting facilities, and international events, Dubai Sports City also makes the best Dubai real estate investment spot for the UAE nationals and foreigners.

Sporting venues in Sports City

• A multi-purpose outdoor stadium with 60,000 seats, it is one of the largest sporting venues in the city. This stadium hosts several entertainment events, and international sports including football, track and field, and rugby.
• A multi-purpose indoor stadium having 10,000 seats is one of the ideal places for the sporting events and concerts that take place throughout the year and especially in summers. This stadium hosts several games like handball, volleyball, basketball, tennis, badminton, and ice hockey.
• An outdoor field hockey stadium that seats 5000 spectators makes an excellent setting for international and local hockey competitions. It is built in accordance to the specifications of International Hockey Federation and also features 2 water based artificial surfaces for players.
• The bowl designed cricket stadium can accommodate 25000 cricket fans and is one of the most advanced cricket stadiums that host international cricket fixtures in Dubai. This cricket stadium is built in according to the guidelines of the ICC.
• An 18-hole golf course, designed by Ernie Els, is where a luxurious villa development called ‘Victory Heights’ is set around the golf course. It features 935 villas. These luxurious homes in Spanish, European and Mediterranean architecture offer comfortable and convenient life.

Sporting academies in Sports City

For the grooming and training of the young sports fans, it features world’s top academies, which offer valuable sport courses. Some of these excellent sport-training venues include:

• The world Hockey Academy
• The International Cricket council
• Butch Harmon School of Golf
• Next Generations Club
• The David Lloyd Tennis Academy
• Manchester United Soccer School
• Sports City Football Academy

Facilities other than Sports

Dubai Sports City is not all about Sports, it is about privileged lifestyle with leisure, recreational and business facilities. Any property in Dubai Sports City promises high rent in Dubai as a reward of investment in Dubai property. The City has 1.2 million square feet of the retail space including two main shopping hubs and The Dubai Sports City Shopping Mall.

The retail shops here include outlets of many branded companies, which allow tourists to have an endless shopping experience in Dubai Sports City. The City also offers best restaurants, boutiques, delis, galleries, coffee shops, cinemas, medical centres, cafes, mosques, educational centres, and entertainment venues in Dubai.