The first Iranian band in the strangest stadium in the world

According to “Varzesh Se”, the thrill of touching and seeing one of Saudi Arabia’s most modern stadiums, built in the Boulevard City or Boulevard World Riyadh district, was the main attraction of the trip to the Saudi capital and its surrounding towering towers in the Building; A stadium about which many articles have been published in various media around the world in recent months and the sight of which gives a person a double and unique feeling.

Seeing the design of a football stadium is always a special attraction for fans of this sport. Like everyone who first saw the Azadi Stadium structure on the West and East roads leading there, but the Kingdom Arena does not resemble any of the stadiums you imagined.

From a distance of two or three kilometers, a multi-dimensional space finally appeared; It’s like putting two large cans of matches on top of each other, so that we suddenly get the idea that the history of this stadium is completely different from that of other stadiums in the world.

We had to go around the back door of the stadium to get to the press conference room, which is at the back of the stadium. After a few minutes, we turned right, covered a distance of about one to two kilometers and entered the stadium’s entrance road, which is still under development. And the design of various parts in it is not yet completed. Closer to two giant cans stacked on top of each other, in the middle of one of them lies the central part of the stadium.

The meeting between Morais and Omid Nafarafkon was over and now, as usual, they had the opportunity to tour the stadium and get acquainted with the atmosphere and the condition of the pitch.

When we walked through the front door, we could especially see the large LEDs with the Al-Hilal logo and the large and tall posters of the players of this team. The next thing that stood out was the arrangement of the seats, which is one of the unique features of this stadium and is decorated in the style of basketball halls.

The path from the entrance to the corner flag was only a few steps. We soon found ourselves in front of the new Al Halali Stadium and its atmosphere. Our heads were spinning the whole time. Morais, Fardin Faqihi (translator of Morais) and Omid Noorafken were the same. The high height of the central part of this indoor stadium attracted attention.

Here you could see the existential philosophy of these two large cans. The middle part surrounding the pitch was built very high, and the lower parts corresponded to the seats behind the two goals. There were different conditions on both sides of the longitudinal line. The space behind the benches of the two teams on the first floor was dedicated to spectators and on the two floors above a special place for important people who want to watch football in different conditions, probably short films about this space in the Virtual Square after the foundation of this stadium. You saw it in two unofficial games against Intermiami and Nasr.

Let’s go back to the middle of the stadium. The spotlight and Morais stayed in the middle of the field for a few minutes, looking at different dimensions and spaces, and after a few minutes they returned to the exit, while this stadium with all the unique features of the Kingdom Arena stadium could not attract attention attract the attention of Morais, who coached European football in many developed countries and visited various stadiums.

After his game at the Kingdom Arena, this coach remembered Schalke Stadium, whose field can generally be rotated and replaced with another grass field. Morais also complained about the stadium’s pitch, which was apparently not in good condition during Al-Hilal’s three games against Intermiami, Al-Nasr and Al-Raed. Of course, at the beginning of his speech, Morais described his Kingdom Arena as a strange and different stadium.

A few hours later, when Sepahan’s training was over, we spoke to Payam Nazam and Zakipour about Al-Hilal Stadium, which they did not see as ideal. Milad, like Morais, believed that the stadium’s grass was not good and considered it an ordinary stadium!

You might also find that the visit fell short of your expectations, although everything about the Kingdom Arena was stunning and perhaps more suited to TV images and spider cameras, which present a different effect. Also keep in mind that this is a multi-purpose stadium used for upcoming sports festivals and concerts.

After leaving the stadium, I asked one of the people who were there from the beginning of the stadium construction about the construction time of this project, and his answer was more interesting than the special atmosphere of the stadium. He said: 59 days were spent on the construction of the Kingdom Arena and for this reason this innovation was recorded in the Guinness Book.

All tickets for the game have been sold and apparently the design of the stadium is such that the sound resonates more strongly. Sepahan players also said after the last training session that their voices echoed in the atmosphere of the stadium when they spoke to each other during training. Maybe tomorrow there will be a deafening hell waiting for them to change their perception of the loudness of 28,000 people!

Ahmadreza Khalili – Riyadh