EURO 2016 Stadium Atatürk Olympic
Location: Istanbul / Turkey
Client: TFF Turkish Football Federation
Capacity: 90.115 seats
Resident: Istanbul BB
Period: 2009/2010
Architekt: Michel Macary and Aymeric Zubléna, Paris / France
SOP, Duesseldorf / Germany (adaption to UEFA requirements)
Project description:
75.458 seats, largest stadium in Turkey. Opened 2004 for bid
hosting Olympia 2008.
Services arenaCom:
Exclusively mandated by TFF to review stadium for meeting UEFA EURO requirements. Extension to 89.000 seats, extension hospitality, extension roof to cover all seats
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 and both „with a number of compromises“.