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Morocco Plans Massive Stadium to Bid for 2030 World Cup Final
Saturday 21 October 2023, by
Barely a few weeks have passed since FIFA’s choice of Spain, Portugal and Morocco as co-hosts of the 2030 World Cup, and although the official confirmation and unveiling of the final project are not yet finalized, Morocco is already positioning itself to realize its dream: to host the final of the competition.
The president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), Faouzi Lekjaa, had already expressed this ambition, imagining a final in Casablanca. This dream now seems to be taking shape. After an initial stadium project in 2026 that remained on paper, Morocco is trying again with a revised and ambitious version to secure the coveted organization of the World Cup.
The project of the Grand African Stadium, as it is called, will establish itself as the second largest in the world, capable of accommodating 113,000 spectators, a capacity well above the 93,000 initially planned by the Spanish architectural duo Cruz and Ortiz.
The gigantic stadium should emerge near Benslimane, not far from Casablanca, with construction scheduled between 2025 and 2028. The bill could climb up to 500 million euros, in a global envelope exceeding one billion euros, allocated to the modernization of six other stadiums across the country.
For the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, renovation work is planned for the Grand Stade de Tanger, the Complexe Mohamed V in Casablanca, the Complexe Sportif Moulay Abdallah in Rabat, the Grand Stade d’Agadir, the Grand Stade de Marrakech, and the Complexe Sportif de Fès, all potentially future hosts of 2030 World Cup matches.