EURO 2016 Stadium Izmir
Location: Izmir / Turkey
Client: TFF Turkish Football Federation
Capacity: 43.900 seats
Resident: Karsiyaka SK (1. Liga)
Period: 2009/2010
Architect: Hoevers/IAA Architecten, Amsterdam-Enschede / Netherlands
Project despription:
New stadium at North of Izmir Bay, centrepiece of new sports
& convention complex
Services arenaCom:
For their 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 and both „with a number of compromises“.
