Morocco Upgrades Stadiums for 2030 FIFA World Cup Co-Hosting Bid

Morocco has launched an international tender with price proposals to equip the stands of the stadiums in Casablanca, Marrakech, Agadir and Fez, planned for the 2030 FIFA World Cup, reports the newspaper Al3omk. Companies and entrepreneurs interested are invited by the National Company for the Realization and Management of Sports Facilities (Sonarges), the project owner, and the National Agency for Public Facilities (ANEP), the delegated project owner, to submit their offers, before March 10.

The cost of equipping the stands of the Casablanca stadium is estimated at 35 million dirhams, that of the Marrakech stadium at 19 million, according to Sonarges. The cost of the work to equip the stands of the Agadir stadium amounts to 14 million dirhams. It will take 4 million dirhams to mobilize for the work to equip the stands of the Fez stadium.

The contract includes the supply and installation of metal bleachers with their structure and coated with an HPL layer, as well as individual seats with backrests for spectators, padded seats with folding seats, seats with folding armrests, armchairs with armrests and new generation seats and tables for journalists and commentators, and seats for people with reduced mobility.

These equipment must comply with FIFA regulations and the latest European standards in this field. The seats in the stands of the four stadiums must therefore be made of first-quality polypropylene, painted in the color desired by the project owner, with numbered seats by a non-removable aluminum plate of at least 45 mm × 18 mm and have a depth between 400 and 450 millimeters, a minimum backrest height from the inside of the seat of 300 millimeters, and a seat width of 420 to 450 millimeters.

They must also be fire resistant, treated against ultraviolet rays, and 100% recyclable, it is specified.