UAE-based Duplays, a key organiser of private sports tournaments, will be joining hands with Saudi developer, Al Hokair Group, to break ground on the first of its three privately-owned football sports complexes in Jeddah.
Besides Jeddah, the duo will be setting up similar pilot projects in Riyadh and in the Eastern Province, reported Arab News.
The 9,290 sqm Duplays Dome project will contain about 5,574 sqm of outdoor, small-format pitches typically used for games of 5-a-side up to 8-a-side football, but which can be converted for bigger, 11-a-side games.
There is also 3,716 sqm of climate-controlled space containing indoor courts that can be used for football, or for other games such as basketball and badminton, as well as a clubhouse, showers and changing facilities, stated the report, citing Duplays co-founder, Ravi Bhusari.
Duplays, which currently organises and runs corporate and private sports tournaments across the emirate, said the sports complexes have been modeled on the soccer centers concept developed in the UK by companies such as Goals and PowerLeague.
Bhusari added: The type of construction we are using is a modular construction and they are quick build facilities. The first center in northern Jeddah will be finished before the end of the year.