EURO 2016 Stadium Galatasaray (Türk Telekom Arena)
Location: Istanbul / Turkey
Client: TFF Turkish Football Federation
Capacity: 52.514 seats
Resident: Galatasaray SK
Period: 2009/2010
Architect: ASP Architekten, Stuttgart / Germany;
stadiumconcept, Duesseldorf / Germany (adaption to UEFA requirements)
Project despription:
Multifunctional arena, opened 2010, at outlying area connected to motorway
Services arenaCom:
Exclusively mandated by TFF to review plans for meeting UEFA EURO requirements.
Adaption of capacity, c-values, surrounding area.
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“.