King Mohammed VI signs for new stadium in Casablanca

Morocco's most populated city Casablanca is set to get a huge sporting kick out of the news that it will have a new 70,000-seat stadium by 2013. The agreement was signed in Casa on Monday, under the chairmanship of king Mohammed VI.

This project is part of a USD-600Mn agreement that aims at stepping up the works at the stadiums of Tangiers, Marrakech and Agadir. The three stadiums, which will be operational by 2010, will have a capacity of 45,000 seats each. Fez, as the spiritual capital was not on the list as it has a new stadium already.

These projects are part of the policy aiming to endow Moroccan sports with modern infrastructure that meet international standards in order to make sports a vector of human development.

On this occasion, the sovereign chaired the signing ceremony of another agreement touching on the urban development of the neighbourhoods of Sidi Moumen, Carrières centrales and Lahraouiyine in Casablanca.

This agreement is meant to endow these neighbourhoods with necessary urban infrastructure, ensure a better access to services and basic equipments for the concerned populations and fight poverty and social exclusion.

King Mohammed VI also chaired a meeting to enquire about the project to develop Anfa airport in the economic capital.


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