Dubai - The arena will be able to accommodate 17,000 visitors.
Published: Sun 4 Nov 2018, 1:48 PM
Updated: Sun 4 Nov 2018, 7:33 PM
Meraas has announced that the active-lit façade at Dubai Arena is completed, with the panelled structure now fully installed. Work on external infrastructure and landscaping, including paving and parking spaces, are also under way, while the finishing touches are being made to the first of 46 hospitality suites.
With a capacity to accommodate 17,000 visitors, the venue will be able to host many events all year-round. Located at City Walk, Dubai Arena has been designed to be able to host end-stage, central and half-stage concerts, sporting events such as tennis, basketball, boxing, volleyball and ice hockey, and gala dinners, exhibitions and conferences and festivals.
Major milestones reached to date, include completion of the roof, façade steel structure and over 80 percent of the roof catwalks - elevated service platforms common in major theatres and arenas. All concrete, structural and the block works have been finished and the installation of arena seating is underway, while the arena's rigging equipment, scoreboards, lighting and sound system will start to be fitted from next month.
Abdulla Al Habbai, Group Chairman at Meraas, said: "Dubai Arena has been designed to enhance the city's reputation as a destination for world-class events and hospitality and will transform the industry throughout the Middle East.
The roof at Dubai Arena is expected to be completed and made watertight before the end of the year, to allow the final acoustic checks to commence. The complex roof structure weighs approximately 4,000 tonnes, equivalent in weight to that of seven A380 airplanes and is supported by two mega-trusses spanning the entire length of the venue.
In addition, lifts and escalators have been installed, and the remaining electrical and mechanical works are progressing on schedule. District cooling service provider, Empower, is due to commence tunnelling works under Sheikh Zayed Road to connect 3,600 tonnes of chilled water to the arena, and DEWA has already connected power to the building.
Day-to-day operations of Dubai Arena are to be managed by international venue management company AEG Ogden, which also provided their considerable design and technical expertise during the construction process.
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