Department of Education Stadium, Football stadium in Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia
The Department of Education Stadium in Unaizah is a multi-use football ground with a capacity of 10,000, designed by Malaysian architect Michael KC Cheah. A flat roof of parallel tan concrete beams on tan piers covers the main grandstand, whose light grey tiered steps are divided by yellow-edged stairways behind a white railing. A row of blue seats sits on a lower white terrace above a tan wall, with a running track and grass field in front.
The stadium opened on 1 March 1987 with a capacity of 10,000 spectators. It was designed by Malaysian architect Michael KC Cheah, a winner of the Architect of the Year award. It has long served as the home ground of Al-Arabi and remains mostly used for football matches.
The stadium hosts the home matches of Al-Arabi, the local club whose fixtures draw spectators from Unaizah and the surrounding Al-Qassim area. Its Arabic name, ملعب إدارة التعليم, links it to the Department of Education, the body that built and runs it.
The stadium lies in Unaizah, in the Al-Qassim region. The grandstand's flat concrete roof shades tiered grey steps with yellow-edged stairways, and blue seats sit on a lower terrace behind a white railing. A running track separates the seating from the grass field, where a basketball hoop stands in the foreground.
The stadium was designed by Malaysian architect Michael KC Cheah, who won the Architect of the Year Award. It opened on 1 March 1987 and holds 10,000 spectators, and it hosts the home matches of Al-Arabi.
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