{"id":29112,"date":"2017-09-17T20:38:22","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T03:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=29112"},"modified":"2017-09-17T21:34:38","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T04:34:38","slug":"the-emam-reza-stadium-officially-opened-in-irans-mashhad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2017\/09\/17\/the-emam-reza-stadium-officially-opened-in-irans-mashhad\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u2018Emam Reza\u2019 stadium officially opened in Iran\u2019s Mashhad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mehr News, – MASHHAD, A modern stadium named after Imam Reza (AS), the eighth Shiite Imam, was officially inaugurated on Saturday in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Emam Reza Stadium of Mashhad, the capital city of northeastern province Khorasan Razavi, was opened with a football match between Mashhad XI and Karbala XI, from the Iraqi city of Karbala.<\/p>\n

The all-seated football stadium is believed to be the most modern stadium of Iran so far. It has a seating capacity of 23,000 and is the sixth biggest stadium in Iran.<\/p>\n

The stadium is in an area of Mashhad that belongs to the Astan Quds Razavi (AQR), a charitable foundation which manages the Imam Reza shrine.<\/p>\n

The stadium, whose construction began on 5 March 2011, was designed by Iranian architect Masoud Ziaei.<\/p>\n

The stadium\u2019s roof is being built by a French company that has worked in London Olympic Stadium and some of 2014 FIFA World Cup venues. The stadium seats were supplied by Daplast, a Spanish company. The company is being contracted with Real Madrid. The natural grass and tartan track along the side is in the hands of a German company. The company also has contracts with several large stadiums in Germany.<\/p>\n

The stadium has a Grade A in Asia by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Previously, only the Azadi Stadium in Tehran has been grade A among stadiums in Iran.<\/p>\n