EURO 2016 Stadium Ankara
Location: Ankara / Turkey
Client: TFF Turkish Football Federation
Capacity: 43.403 seats
Resident: MKE Ankaragücü SK, Genclerbirligi SK (both Süper Lig)
Period: 2009/2010
Architect: SOP, Duesseldorf / Germany
Project despription:
New stadium at location of existing stadium. Centrepiece of
new sports complex
Services arenaCom:
For the Turkish bid hosting the EURO 2016, arenaCom was mandated exclusively by TFF to develop six new stadia and to re-design three existing stadia.
Conviction of UEFA‘s Stadium Committee in „EURO 2016 Evaluation Report“:
„The stadium plans put forward by Turkey are professional, of a very high standard and all requirements are met“, whilst the competitors France and Italy were rated with „good“ respektive„reasonable“ standard, both „with a number of compromises“.
