Sammy Ofer Stadium

Sammy Ofer Stadium

UEFA
Full name	The International Sammy Ofer Stadium
Address	2 Pinchas and Abraham Rotenberg Street
Location	Haifa, Israel
Public transit	Coastal Railway Line at Haifa Hof HaCarmel
Owner	Haifa Municipality
Operator	Haifa Municipality
Executive suites	35
Capacity	30,942[1]
Record attendance	30,464 (Maccabi Haifa vs Benfica Lisbon, 2 November 2022)
Field size	22,000 m2 (240,000 sq ft)
Surface	Grass
Scoreboard	LCD
Construction
Broke ground	2009
Opened	27 August 2014
Construction cost	₪ 530 million
Architect	KSS Design Group
Tenants
Maccabi Haifa (2014–present) Hapoel Haifa (2014–present) Israel national football team (selected matches)
Website
Sammy Ofer Stadium

Sammy Ofer Stadium (Hebrew: אצטדיון סמי עופר), also known as Haifa Municipal Stadium (האצטדיון העירוני חיפה), is a 30,942 seats multi-purpose stadium in Haifa, Israel.^[2] Construction began in late 2009 and was completed in 2014. The stadium was developed and built by the Haifa Economic Corporation, managed by Adv. Gal Peleg.

Currently, the stadium is used mostly for football matches, hosting the home games of Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Haifa. The stadium replaced Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, which was closed in 2014 and demolished in 2015. The stadium is named after the late Israeli billionaire Sammy Ofer (1922–2011), who donated $20,000,000 to build the stadium. Ofer's contribution was 19% of the total cost of the stadium.

Statue of World Peace, a 15-meter high stainless steel sculpture created and donated by Chinese artist We Yuan Yan (Yao Yuan), adorns the stadium plaza.^[3][4] The design features a woman and a dove poised as if about to take flight.