DSC Cricket Stadium, Cricket stadium in Dubai Sports City, United Arab Emirates.
The Dubai International Stadium, also called the Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium, is a multi-purpose cricket ground in Dubai Sports City, Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It seats 25,000 spectators and can be expanded to 30,000. Canadian architect Awsam Matloob designed the project, and the ground sits beside the ICC Cricket Academy Ground No. 1 and Ground No. 2.
The complex opened in 2009 as part of the Dubai Sports City development and was designed for international competition. In the following years, the stadium received teams from Asia, Africa, and Australia for different tournaments and friendly games.
The name refers to Dubai Sports City, a development that brings together multiple sports facilities for residents and visitors. Fans from different countries gather here, especially during major tournaments, when the stands fill with jerseys in every color.
During matches, gates usually open a few hours before the first ball is bowled, giving visitors time to find their seats and settle in. The stadium sits within a larger sports complex with clear signage that makes finding the entrances easier.
The stadium's floodlights form a system called the "Ring of Fire": 350 lamps mounted around the circumference of the round roof, so no floodlight towers stand beside the ground. The arrangement reduces shadows cast by objects on the field. The roof ring itself is the detail to look for when the lights come on.
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