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Rafi Cricket Stadium
Rafi Cricket Stadium Bahria Sports City Karachi.jpg
Location
Karachi, Pakistan
Coordinates
25°07′36″N 67°21′34″E / 25.126647°N 67.359475°E / 25.126647; 67.359475Coordinates: 25°07′36″N 67°21′34″E / 25.126647°N 67.359475°E / 25.126647; 67.359475
Owner Bahria Town Group
Capacity 50,000
Surface Grass (Oval)
Construction
Broke ground 14th April, 2017
Opened 2020
Architect Gerkan, Marg and Partners
Tenants

Karachi Kings (planned)

Rafi Cricket Stadium is an under-construction cricket stadium located in Bahria Town, Karachi, Pakistan. Once completed, it will be the largest in Pakistan. Designed by Gerkan, Marg and Partners, it has an ICC certified design, the complex will consist of a cricket academy of international standard, gymnasium, swimming pool and hostels. The complex will also include a sports academy.[1][2][3][4]



Ground Breaking Ceremony


Bahria Town Karachi held the ground breaking ceremony of Pakistan's biggest cricket stadium in Sports City Karachi on Friday, 14th April 2017. The ceremony was attended by the top management of Bahria Town and legendary cricketeres like Javed Miandad, Zaheer Abbas, Shoaib Muhammad, Shahid Afridi, Umar Akmal and Fawad Alam. Residents of Bahria Town Karachi as well as people from across the city attended this glorious ceremony.


Chief Guest of the event was the Chairman of Bahria Town; Malik Riaz Hussain, who performed the groundbreaking ceremony by pressing the button to start the crane on the project site. He said on the event that Rafi Cricket Stadium will be built in about one and a half years, and by next two years, there will be international cricket matches in this ground. Given the level of security in Bahria Town, and ongoing construction of Hyatt Regency Hotel near Theme Park in Precinct 5, Rafi Cricket Stadium will be an optimal place for hosting international cricket events.



Architect


Designed by world renowned GMP Germany, the creators of Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Rafi Cricket Stadium's structure has been designed by Boston-based Simpson SGH whereas the façade has been created by SBP Consultants Germany and M&B (Mushtaq & Bilal) Pakistan, MEP is designed by SMC (S. Mehboob & Company) Pakistan, and Pre-Cast Support Consultants are JPC, USA.[5]






References





  1. ^ "Design of Pakistan's largest cricket stadium finalised - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2016-04-25..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Bahria Sports City to feature Pakistan's largest cricket stadium - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2016-04-25.


  3. ^ "Cricket stadium: German firm lands Bahria's contract - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2016-04-25.


  4. ^ "Design of Rafi cricket stadium in Bahria Town completed Construction to begin soon". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2016-04-25.


  5. ^ "Bahria Town starts building Pakistan's largest cricket stadium". April 15, 2017.









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