Stunning World Cup stadium will cost £400m, feature ‘Moussem Tents’ and be biggest in world
The 2030 World Cup could feature the biggest football stadium in the world as the first pictures of the colossal structure have been released.
The tournament in six years time looks set to break a number of records, including being the first ever to be held across three continents.
Spain, Portugal and Morocco have submitted a joint bid for the tournament and with there currently being no other bidders, they are expected to be awarded the tournament.
But in addition to Europe and Africa, the opening three matches of the World Cup would also be played in South America.
Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay will be hosting the three opening games in commemoration of the World Cup's 100th anniversary.
Uruguay hosted the inaugural edition of the tournament back in 1930.
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The combined bid for the tournament would see Morocco host the showpiece final in Casablanca in a stadium which is not yet built.
However, the organising committee have released the first computer-generated images of the stadium which is intended to be the largest on Earth.
And they look pretty impressive indeed.
The arena is set to be named the Grand Stade Hassan II and will seat a staggering 115,000 people.
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The unique designs are based upon traditional Moroccan tents known as 'Moussem tents'.
These were typically handmade tents impressively crafted by local bedouin women and which are now most famously seen at the annual Tan-Tan Moussem gathering in Morocco, where around 800 tents are set up to accomodate the travelling tribes.
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The stadium will cost an estimated £400million in total, with costs going towards bettering the surrounding structures as well as constructing the stadium itself.
It is being designed by architects Populous, who are already renowned for having worked on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London and on the Lusail Stadium in Qatar, which hosted the 2022 World Cup final.
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