Netanya Stadium
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The Netanya Stadium is a new multi-use stadium currently being built in Netanya
by the city council. Financing of the new stadium is to come from the sale of land where the old Sar-Tov Stadium
stands today. Upon completion of the new stadium, Sar-Tov
will be demolished and the land will be used for a housing project. Current Sar-Tov tenants, Maccabi Netanya, will move to the new ground.
, Avraham Poraz
, approved the plan to build the stadium in an area called Birkat Hanoun. The plan was for a 24,000-seat stadium, consisting of four separate stands. The first two stands under construction will be the main east and west grandstands. It will house 36 private boxes, a VIP section and the press areas. This will be followed by construction of the remaining stands, along with training grounds.
Spread out over 163 dunam
s (16.3 hectares), the entire complex will be connected by train and have a parking lot for around 1,000 cars. the Architects of the stadium are GAB (goldschmidt Arditty Ben Nayin) architects one of Israel's leading sport architecture firm based in Jerusalem. Construction is being managed by the Netanya Development Company, who handled planning of the project for three years before construction.
Netanya
Netanya is a city in the Northern Centre District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is located north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa between the 'Poleg' stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north.Its of beaches have made the...
by the city council. Financing of the new stadium is to come from the sale of land where the old Sar-Tov Stadium
Sar-Tov Stadium
Sar-Tov Stadium , commonly known as HaKufsa is a football stadium in Netanya, Israel. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Maccabi Netanya. It is set to be demolished to make way for a new housing development and Maccabi will move to the new Netanya Stadium,...
stands today. Upon completion of the new stadium, Sar-Tov
Sar-Tov Stadium
Sar-Tov Stadium , commonly known as HaKufsa is a football stadium in Netanya, Israel. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Maccabi Netanya. It is set to be demolished to make way for a new housing development and Maccabi will move to the new Netanya Stadium,...
will be demolished and the land will be used for a housing project. Current Sar-Tov tenants, Maccabi Netanya, will move to the new ground.
Planning
On 30 September 2003 Minister of Internal AffairsInternal Affairs Minister of Israel
The Interior Minister , also known as the Minister of Internal Affairs is head of the Israeli Ministry of Interior and an important portfolio in the cabinet. The current Interior Minister is Eli Yishai of Shas...
, Avraham Poraz
Avraham Poraz
Avraham Poraz is an Israeli lawyer and former politician.- Biography :Poraz was born in Bucharest, Romania in 1945 and immigrated to Israel in 1950...
, approved the plan to build the stadium in an area called Birkat Hanoun. The plan was for a 24,000-seat stadium, consisting of four separate stands. The first two stands under construction will be the main east and west grandstands. It will house 36 private boxes, a VIP section and the press areas. This will be followed by construction of the remaining stands, along with training grounds.
Spread out over 163 dunam
Dunam
A dunam or dönüm, dunum, donum, dynym, dulum was a non-SI unit of land area used in the Ottoman Empire and representing the amount of land that can be plowed in a day; its value varied from 900–2500 m²...
s (16.3 hectares), the entire complex will be connected by train and have a parking lot for around 1,000 cars. the Architects of the stadium are GAB (goldschmidt Arditty Ben Nayin) architects one of Israel's leading sport architecture firm based in Jerusalem. Construction is being managed by the Netanya Development Company, who handled planning of the project for three years before construction.