FIFA World Cup finals will be returning to African soil in 2030, exactly two decades since South Africa staged the global football bonanza. Before the successful joint host bid for the 2030 FIFA World Cup tournament,Morocco was unsuccessful in its previous five attempt bids in 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010, and 2026. Once completed, it will become the largest football stadium in Africa and the second-largest in the world after Barcelona’s Camp Nou, and it is likely to stage the 2030 World Cup final match. The architect and team have also designed a 3-tier seating bowl where the majority of the seating (40,000 seats) occurs on the upper deck. These upper deck seats will only be used for major events, probably less than five times annually.

Source: Daily Nation October 17, 2023 14:30 UTC