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Doha Stadium

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Location
  
Sakhnin, Israel

Operator
  
Town of Sakhnin

Surface
  
Grass

Owner
  
Town of Sakhnin

Capacity
  
8,500

Broke ground
  
2004

Doha Stadium

Doha Stadium (Hebrew: איצטדיון דוחא‎‎, Etztadion Doha; Arabic: ستاد دوحة‎‎) is the current home of Bnei Sakhnin.

Located in the Israeli Arab Galilee city of Sakhnin, it was built with public funds largely from the State of Israel and the Qatar National Olympic Committee, and was named after the Qatari city of Doha. The decision by the Qataris to build the stadium in Israel came after a meeting between the Knesset member Ahmad Tibi and Secretary-General of the Qatar National Olympic Committee Sheikh Saud Abdulrahman Al Thani after Tibi expressed his concern on the conditions for sport in Sakhnin. The involvement of Qatar was to show that relations between the two nations are peaceful and with a similar interest.

In July 2009, the north stand was opened with additional of 3,500 seats. There are plans to expand the stadium's capacity to 15,000.

References

Doha Stadium Wikipedia