Saudi Aramco/ ROSHN - Aramco Stadium: Main Package

General Information
Owner ROSHN
Masterplan Project (Parent Profile) ROSHN/ Saudi Aramco – Aramco Stadium – Eastern Province
Location Khobar, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Status --
Sector Construction, Leisure, Sport Facility, Stadium
Contract Type Build
Onshore/Offshore Onshore
Greenfield/Brownfield Greenfield
Progress 18
Estimated Budget Value ---
Contract Value 1000
Net Value $1000m
Award Date February 2024
Completion Date December 2026
Last Updated On September 2024
ProjectId (Old, New) 350478, 350478


Saudi Aramco and ROSHN are undertaking the construction of a football stadium over an area of about 800,000 square metres (sqm) located in the north of Al Khobar, close to the Corniche, Saudi Arabia.

The stadium will be home ground for Aramco-owned Al Qadsiah Club and a key venue for international tournaments such as the 2027 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup and the FIFA World Cup 2034.

The US$1000 million project includes the following:

1. Construction of a 46,096-seating capacity stadium

-Net capacity (42,801 Nos.)

-Hospitality seats (2,494 Nos.)

-Sky box seats (755 Nos.)

-Media tribune seats (1,283 Nos.)

-VVIP seats (75 Nos.)

-VIP seats (840 Nos.)

-Access seats (452 Nos.)

2. Construction of six surrounding buildings covering 548 sqm

3. Construction of gathering areas

4. Construction of lodges and skyboxes

5. Construction of training grounds

6. Construction of parking facilities

7. Associated facilities

Second Section

03 September 2024

The construction work has commenced on the project and is expected to be completed in 2026. (Source: MEED)

02 August 2024

Roshn has signed a cooperation agreement with Saudi Aramco for the implementation of the project which is expected to be completed in 2026.

05 June 2024

Jinggong Steel International has been appointed as the steel structure contractor with an approximate contract value of SR438m (US$117m). (Source: MEED)

22 March 2024

Constuction works are yet to commence.

27 February 2024

The JV of Besix and Albawani has been appointed as the main contractor with an approximate contract value of SR3.7bn ($1bn) on the project. (Source: MEED)

04 January 2024

Foster + Partners has been appointed as the project consultant for the project. (Source: MEED)

03 January 2024

The main contract bids have been submitted. It is understood that Besix, JV of Webuild & Nesma and the JV of Limak & El Seif amongst others have submitted the bids.

18 December 2023

The main contract bid submission date has been extended from December 18, 2023, to December 28, 2023.

11 December 2023

The main contract bid submission date has been extended from December 10, 2023 to December 18, 2023.

16 November 2023

The main contract tender has been issued with bid submission due on December 10, 2023. The following companies have been pre-qualified: Joint Venture of Limak and El Seif Engineering and Contracting, Joint Venture of WeBuild and Nesma and Partners, and Joint Venture of BESIX and Al Bawani. Populous is working as the consultant on the project. Populous is working as the consultant on the project.

27 September 2023

The main contract tenders have not yet been issued on the project.

25 May 2023

Mohammed Al Rashid Co amongst others have submitted the EOI on the project, however the main contract tenders have not been issued yet.

15 February 2023

The project is in the initial stages of development.

12 August 2022

We have not been able to obtain further updates on this project. We have retained the same project stage and amended the key dates accordingly. We will update the profile as soon as we obtain any new information.

31 October 2021

The project is in the initial stages of development.

27 July 2021

The project is in the initial stage of development and it is expected to be completed by 2024.