Cairo International Stadium or "Stad El Qahira El Dawly", is an Olympic-standard, multi-use
stadium with an all-seated capacity of 120,000. It's the foremost Olympic-standard facility befitting the role of
Cairo,
Egypt as the center of events in the region. It is also the 69th largest stadium in the world. Located in
Nasr City; a suburb north east of
Cairo, it was completed in 1960, and was inaugurated by
President Gamal Abd El Nasser on 23 July that year, the eighth anniversary of the
Egyptian Revolution of 1952.