Aspire Zone , also known as Doha Sports City , is a 250-hectare (2.5 km) sporting complex located in the Baaya district of Al Rayyan , a suburb of Doha , Qatar . Owned by the Aspire Zone Foundation, it was established as an international sports destination in 2003 and in the following year an educational centre for the development of sporting champions ( Aspire Academy ) was opened. The complex contains several sporting venues, mostly constructed in preparation for the 2006 Asian Games .
6-761: Aspire Zone is also home to Doha's tallest structure, the Aspire Tower , and is adjacent to Villaggio Mall , the most popular mall in Qatar. The complex is an important feature in the 2022 FIFA World Cup bid submitted by the Qatar Football Association , and was central to the Doha bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics put forward by the Qatar Olympic Committee . In 2024, the Aspire Zone Foundation created
12-410: A FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence in 2009. The hospital publishes a journal entitled Aspetar Sports Medicine Journal . 25°15′49″N 51°26′53″E / 25.26361°N 51.44806°E / 25.26361; 51.44806 This article about a Qatari sports venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Aspire Tower Aspire Tower , also known as The Torch Doha ,
18-556: Is a 300-metre-tall (980 ft) skyscraper hotel located in the Aspire Zone complex in Doha , Qatar . Designed by architect Hadi Simaan and AREP and engineer Ove Arup and Partners, the tower served as the focal point for the 15th Asian Games hosted by Qatar in December 2006. The tower is currently the second tallest structure and building in Doha and Qatar. In 2023, it was surpassed by
24-457: Is covered with glass fiber reinforced concrete . Beams, as well as steel struts tying all the structural components together, are bolted through the concrete core and hence are anchored into place, transferring vertical loads from perimeter columns and ring beams to the core. The building was constructed by companies Midmac and BESIX subsidiary Six Construct and was completed in November 2007 at
30-536: The Equality Cup , an international football tournament. Aspire Zone's sporting venues include: Aspire Academy , a sporting academy for youth, is located in the center of Aspire Zone. Aspetar, a specialised orthopaedic and sports medicine hospital, is among the facilities of Aspire Zone. Commencing operations in 2007, it was the first-ever sports medicine hospital in the Middle East region. It earned accreditation as
36-812: The Lusail Plaza Towers . The tower has also been known as Khalifa Sports Tower or Doha Olympic Tower . The tower was a landmark of the 2006 Asian Games due to its size and proximity to the main venue, the Khalifa International Stadium . The final form consists of a 1-to-1.8-metre-thick, reinforced-concrete cylinder (the core), varying from 12 to 18 metres in diameter, encircled with radiating networks of cantilevered steel beams on each floor of its building modules. The modules themselves are composed of steel columns, metal decking, concrete slabs and outer tension and compression ring beams, which support glass-paneled outer walls. The bottom of each module
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