The MBA graduate students are on a fact-finding visit to Dubai to learn more about the ambitions and goals of the United Arab Emirates, and were enthusiastic about the opportunity to see the progress being made on the world's first city dedicated to sport.
As part of the tour, the students are looking to better understand the economic and social benefits the project will bring both regionally and internationally. They were also able to meet two of the men tasked with developing and managing Dubai Sports City: Khalid Abdulrahim Mohammed Al Zarooni, President, and U. Balasubramaniam, Chief Executive Officer.
The delegation, which numbered over 30 business graduates, took an escorted tour of the Dubai Sports City site, which is now entering a crucial phase of its development.
'Dubai Sports City has captured the world's attention, and we're keen to encourage people - particularly students and young people - to learn more about our vision and goals,' said U. Balasubramaniam, CEO, Dubai Sports City.
Stanford Graduate School of Business offers a Study Trip Program as part of its mission to provide a platform for the development of global business leaders. Student visitors came to Dubai Sports City as part of a broader attempt to make sense of the changing and dynamic economic climate in the Middle East
Among the Dubai Sports City attractions viewed by the delegation was the spectacular 25,000-seat cricket stadium, currently rising from the desert sands and forming one of the major landmarks of the Emirates Road.
According to visit organizer Hani Bou Nasr, MBA Candidate, Class of 2008, the overall concept of Dubai Sports City is 'extremely exciting'.
'This takes sports business development and marketing to a whole new level, without once losing sight of the importance of sports and healthy living,' he declared.
The first phase of Dubai Sports City is due for completion in 2008.
Dubai Sports City welcomes future business leaders
Students from one of the world's leading research and teaching institutions, Stanford Graduate School of Business in the United States, were today provided with an insight into one of Dubai's most ambitious projects - Dubai Sports City.
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For more information on the Stanford Graduate School of Business, please visit: http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/About Dubai Sports City:
Dubai Sports City (DSC), the cornerstone project of Dubailand, is a $4bn, 50 million square feet mixed-use development which will be the world's first integrated purpose-built sports city.
The development will be built around five major sports venues:
• a 60,000 capacity multi-purpose outdoor stadium for football, rugby, track and field and other sports and non-sports events
• a 10,000 seat multi-purpose indoor arena suitable for all hard court sports as well as concerts and other events and also including a removable ice rink
• a 25,000 capacity cricket stadium, expandable to 30,000, with state-of-the-art facilities for players, match officials, VIPs, spectators and the media
• a 5,000 seat field hockey stadium
• a 72 Par, 18-hole championship golf course, the first to be designed by Ernie Els in the Middle East
In addition to the stadia, Dubai Sports City will feature a series of major sports academy facilities including:
• Dubai Sports City Football Academy, the home of Manchester United Soccer Schools, Dubai
• a David Lloyd Tennis Academy
• a Butch Harmon School of Golf, the first such facility outside the United States
• the International Cricket Council's own ICC Global Cricket Academy
• the WorldHockey Academy, a first of its kind partnership with the International Hockey Federation
• top class multi-sport training facilities including gymnasium and a 50 metre swimming pool
• a world-renowned sports medicine and rehabilitation centre
Designed as a lifestyle development, Dubai Sports City will also feature comprehensive community facilities including:
• Next Generation Country Club and spa facility
• a large-scale shopping mall
• two retail hubs offering up-scale dining and boutique shopping
• a range of schools
• medical facilities
• community centres
• hotels
For further media information, contact Mikele Ugarte on +971 4 390 1950.
Posted by Anne-Birte Stensgaard, Senior News EditorWednesday, January 02 - 2008 at 14:35 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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