Ajayi's Ahly Lay Foundation For New Stadium

  Ajayi's Ahly Lay Foundation For New Stadium By Sampson Adedeji The club of Nigeria's Super Eagles striker, Junior Ajayi's Al Ahly has laid the cornerstone for the club's new stadium on the outskirts of Cairo on Saturday, one week after they acquired the necessary permits to start the construction, BSNSports.com.ng reports Ahly's management announced that the new stadium's capacity will be 50,000 fans and it needs five years to complete buildings on 48,000 square meters. It will also include more facilities like hotels and playgrounds to act as a sports complex. "Dreams come true after tens of years," Ahly's chairman and football legend Mahmoud El-Khatib told a press conference as he laid the cornerstone of the club's new stadium. "We managed to acquire the necessary permits to start the construction of a new stadium, with buildings of 30 meters high and we succeeded in signing the deal to build the stadium on 48,000 square meters," he said. "I am not worries about how to finance the new stadium as the name of Ahly is big, and I am confident that we will receive more offers once we opened the door for the deals," El-Khatib said. Ahly have used Cairo's International Stadium, which is owned by the state, as their home venue for over six decades, having been forced to abandon a small stadium they built in the early 20th century due to security concerns.