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Ibn
Batouta
Stadium,
Tangier, Morocco.
🇲🇦🏟
Home
of
@irtfoot
Capacity:
65,000
It
is
used
mostly
for football matches
and
big
events
such
as
ceremonies
or
concerts.
The
stadium
has
a
capacity
of
65,000
people. It
serves
as
the
new
home
of IR
Tanger,
replacing
the
former Stade
de
Marchan.
The
stadium
is
named
after
the
Moroccan Berber Scholar and explorer Ibn
Battuta.
It
experienced
a
renovation
to
increase
its
capacity
and
change
the
exterior
to
host
the 2022
FIFA
Club
World
Cup.
It
was
planned
that
the
capacity
will
increase
from
45,000
seats
to
65,000. On
25
January
2023,
it
was
confirmed
that
the
stadium
is
ready
to
host
the
2022
FIFA
Club
World
Cup.
There
are
current
studies
to
change
the
exterior
of
the
stadium
by
making
it
fully
covered,
and
removing
the
running
tracks
to
increase
its
capacity
to
80,000
before
2025
in
conjunction
with
possibly
hosting
the 2025
Africa
Cup
of
Nations,
according
to
Abdelmalek
Abron,
a
member
of
the FRMF and
head
of
the
Infrastructure
Committee
of
the
football
system
in
Morocco.
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