Picture yourself in a horror scene and you will end up in the alleged 27,000 capacity new Suez Stadium, built in 1990 to replace its neighbouring and humble predecessor. The ground is set amidst monstrous petrochemical plants marking the Suez Canal entrance.
To complete this hardly enviable scenario imagine yourself watching a top flight encounter between a company team and the official army team, both void of an insignificant fan base in front of a rent-a-crowd, made up from 400 ‘volunteering’ recruits.
PetroJet Corner Flag
The Suez Stadium is home to none less than four clubs; Petrojet from the first division, company teams Asmant Suez, representing the cement industries, Gasco, affiliated with a huge gas consortium, and Momkathab Suez, the city team supported by local aficianoado’s, all playing at second level in the same division.
The ground is a spitting image of Cairese Arab Contactors’ Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, almost down to the very last detail. The only significant difference is the size of the main stand with its distinctive roof, alienated from its uncovered vibrantly colored counterparts.
Estad Suez Main Stand
The stadium was currently undergoing refurbishments with the prospect of staging group matches for the World Championships FIFA U-20 World Cup, hold in Egypt in September and October 2009.
Estad Suez Side Stand
Estad Suez Side Stand
With no athletic tracks in sight, the Egyptian Archibald Leitch architectural clones still manage to create abysmal oval bowls with a desert separating the pitch from the open stands, calling for binoculars and telescope lenses to obtain a close view.
Estad Suez Opposite Main Stand
Estad Suez Panorama
