Algeria

Location

Baraki, Algiers, Algeria

Capacity

40,784

Opened

2023

Time zone

UTC +01:00 Central European Time (CET)

Nelson Mandela Stadium (Arabic: ملعب نيلسون مانديلا) is a sports stadium located in Baraki, suburb of Algiers, Algeria. The value of construction work for the stadium cost around 300 million euros. With a seating capacity of 40,784, it will be the first association-football-specific stadium in Algeria (meaning originally developed without an athletics track), and be the first stadium in Algeria, to be eligible to host all the matches organized by FIFA including the World Cup and the second stadium entirely covered in Algeria after the new Miloud Hadefi Stadium in Oran. The Nelson Mandela Stadium, which extends over a total area of 68 hectares, including 5 hectares built, includes all the infrastructure essential to the organization of international football events. The sports infrastructure includes ancillary spaces including 50 accommodation rooms including two suites, a car park with a capacity of 6,000 vehicles on an area of 13 ha, a heliport for emergencies or the reception of official delegations, a replica field as well as green spaces. The stadium also has four changing rooms, dressing rooms for the referees, a medical area, a medical analysis laboratory, a hall of honor, a presidential stand, a conference room of 258 seats, a press area, radio and television broadcasting studios, three simultaneous interpretation studios, three 1,000-seat restaurants, fast food areas and other infrastructure.