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Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi Türk Telekom Arena
Aslantepe (The Lion Hill)
150px|Logo der Arena
Map
Full nameAli Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi - Türk Telekom Arena
LocationIstanbul, Turkey
Coordinates41°6′10.33″N 28°59′25.51″E / 41.1028694°N 28.9904194°E / 41.1028694; 28.9904194
OwnerGalatasaray S.K.
OperatorAnschutz Entertainment Group[1]
AEG Live
Executive suites157
Capacity52,650 (all seater) 70,000 (concerts)
Field size105m x 68m
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke ground13 December 2007
Opened15 January 2011
Construction cost$ 250 million[2][3]
Architect'asp' architekten Stuttgart[4]

Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi - Türk Telekom Arena is a new multi-purpose stadium in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the new home ground for Galatasaray S.K., replacing the old Ali Sami Yen Stadium. The stadium has a capacity of 52,650. On March 18th 2011, it has recorded 131.76 Decibels and took over the title of being the loudest stadium in the world.[5][6][7]

The naming rights to the stadium have been sold to Turk Telekom for a period of 10 years for US$10.25 million a year. The stadium has officially replaced the current Ali Sami Yen Stadium at the middle of the 2010-2011 Super Lig season, under the name of Türk Telekom Arena. North tribune' s name of this stadium were sold to Pegasus Airlines for €4 million a year.[8][9] The naming rights of the first tier of the east tribune of Turk Telekom Arena were also sold to Ülker for $2 million a year and will be named as Ülker Family Tribune.[10] All 157 suites' naming rights were sold to Denizbank for 3 years. [11]

History

In recent years, numerous proposals had been put forward to demolish the current stadium and build a new, larger one on the same location, but this was impossible due to the lack of space. Finally, the club's stadium, Ali Sami Yen Stadium, is now going to be replaced with a new stadium near Maslak financial district. The former name of the district, Seyrantepe, has been changed to Aslantepe (Lion Hill) after Galatasaray purchased the land; Aslan (Lion) being Galatasaray's symbol. The idea is to realize a stadium on the model of the Veltins Arena in Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The stadium will feature a world-class retractable roof – the first of its kind in Turkey. The design team headed by 'asp' Architekten Stuttgart combines the engineering expertise of the renowned firms Obermeyer Planen+Beraten (Munich), Schlaich – Bergermann and Partner (Stuttgart) and Yüksel Proje (Ankara).

Auction process

Galatasaray have been in cooperation with TOKİ (one of the biggest construction organizations of Turkey, budgeted by the Turkish Government). On 19 July 2007, TOKİ announced the auction for the multi-purpose sports complex which will be built at Aslantepe, the field for which Galatasaray S.K. possesses complete rights for a period of 49 years.

Among the 4 companies that tendered their proposals, the best offer was put forward by the Eren Talu Architecture – ALKE Partnership. The contract for the tender held for the construction of Galatasaray's new stadium was signed between TOKİ and Eren Talu-ALKE consortium on 23 October 2007.[12]

Groundbreaking ceremony

As of 13 December 2007, the construction has officially started after a glitzy reception where the club's Board, some players, the minister of sports for Turkey and many other ministers attended. In the ceremony, then President Özhan Canaydın stated, in summary, the following: "The Turkish World of Sports will gain another big facility with the Ali Sami Yen Sports Complex and we've gathered here to celebrate its groundbreaking ceremony. This work, which will be a value add to Istanbul and Turkey along with Turkish Sports, will also serve as an honorable monument that will signify the advanced position Turkish Sports has achieved and the phases it has passed through."[13]

Partnership

Once the Eren Talu-ALKE consortium had won the tender for the stadium project, they proceeded to find a foreign technical partner with previous experience in sports-construction related projects. They were introduced to the Abu Dhabi Group and Al Zarooni Group, both headquartered in the UAE. Abu Dhabi Group (also known as Dhabi Group) and the Al Zarooni Group are investors in the gigantic 5.5 million sq.m. Dubai Sports City project that is currently under construction in Dubai. Abu Dhabi Group is also the largest foreign investor group in Pakistan and is building the tallest building in South Asia, the Mubarak Center, in Lahore, Pakistan. The Chairman of Abu Dhabi Group is His Highness Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, who is also the Federal Minister for Higher Education & Scientific Research of the UAE and a very important member of Abu Dhabi's Ruling Family. The Dhabi-Zarooni consortium acquired 51% of the Eren Talu-ALKE consortium’s shares to co-invest a total of $650 million with them in the Aslantepe (New Stadium) and Mecidiyeköy (Old Stadium) projects.

Stating that a total amount of $650 million will be invested for the entire project, Eren Talu said, "$170 million of this amount will be spent for the stadium, in addition to $180 million which is the guaranteed TOKİ share, a $50 million additional TOKİ share and the remaining $250 million+ to be invested in the mixed-use development project intended in Mecidiyeköy". Talu added that TOKİ's participation in the project provides great advantage for the partnership and continued, “our partners had confidence in the public benefit of the project and decided to join within a short period of just 2 months." Talu said they have already spent $37 million so far in order to construct up to the current level of the stadium. Stating that the stadium is to be delivered on time on 29 October 2010, Talu said, “We are casting 1,500 cu.m. of concrete every day. We have driven 4,500 meters of piles into the ground. A labour force of above 350 workers is busy at the construction site 24 hours a day. The stadium is going to be so strong that it may even be used as a catastrophe relief center if required."

Talu said the project being contemplated on the land in Mecidiyeköy in lieu of the old Ali Sami Yen Stadium will be initiated in June 2009, and added, “the mixed-use development project that we are going to build on land measuring 34,600 sq.m. will include apartments, a large shopping center, offices and a 5-star hotel. A total of $650 million will be invested in these two projects, and in return, we expect an income of about $1.3 billion when the Mecidiyeköy mixed-use complex is completed. Therefore, this is a highly profitable venture."

The total stadium construction is expected to cost around US$191 million, not including the US$145+ million which will be spend on upgrading the nearby infrastructure.

The construction of this arena stopped twice a time. When Talu had financial problems once again, TOKİ cancelled the process in July 2009.[14] After termination of TOKİ-Talu agreement, TOKİ announced a new auction. Varyap-Uzunlar consortium won the auction[15] and construction restarted in September 2009. Galatasaray and TOKİ had an agreement that the stadium would be opened without rectractable roofs which will be installed at the end of the season.[16]

3D Virtual Tour

Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi Türk Telekom Arena 3D Virtual Tour

Site and layout

Interior view.

The contract of the tender was realized by TOKİ and came to be known as the "Aslantepe Tender", covering the construction of a multi-purpose sports complex with 52,650 spectator capacity, comprising of a parking lot for 3,225 cars (3,025 closed and 200 open), on Aslantepe (formerly known as Seyrantepe) premises in return for building "Urban Social Infrastructure Areas" on 34.640 sq meters of land on which the present Ali Sami Yen Stadium is located.[17]

There is a set period of 720 days for the construction of the stadium that will be built on the Aslantepe (formerly known as Seyrantepe) premises and that will be handed over to the Galatasaray Sports Club by the Youth and Sports Directorate for a lease period of 49 years.[18] Planned box count is 157. Part of the catering areas Turk Telekom Arena consists of, is a VIP lounge room, VIP Market Area, Premium Food Court, Galatasaray Museum, Galatasaray Mega Store, 11 Galataray Store and a VIP restaurant. The modern stadium, contains 5 top and 4 underground levels.[19]

GS Bonus Card

GS Bonus Card is the stadium card of Galatasaray SK which can also be used as a credit card. Unified RFID-cards are used as season tickets at Türk Telekom Arena. The card can be used for all services at the stadium.[20][21][22]

References

  1. ^ AEG Worldwide
  2. ^ Objektif haber
  3. ^ Finans Gündem
  4. ^ asp stuttgart
  5. ^ Guiness World Record Official Website
  6. ^ Galatasaray Official Website
  7. ^ dB Record
  8. ^ Pegasus Hava Yolları
  9. ^ http://fossacimbom.blogspot.com/2010/07/pegasus-aslantepeye-sponsor-oldu.html
  10. ^ Habertürk Newspaper
  11. ^ gsdenizclub.com
  12. ^ NEWS - Aslantepe Adjudication was Realized - 31.08.2007 17:40:00
  13. ^ NEWS - And the first piece of sod was turned in Aslantepe… - 14.12.2007 13:40:00
  14. ^ TOKİ cancelled the process
  15. ^ Varyap-Uzunlar won Seyrantepe project auction
  16. ^ Sabah Newspaper
  17. ^ Gayrimenkul Türkiye - Contract of Seyrantepe Tender was signed
  18. ^ Gayrimenkul Türkiye - Eren Talu –Alke won the “Seyrantepe tender”
  19. ^ [1]
  20. ^ GS Bonus Card
  21. ^ GS Bonus Card
  22. ^ GS Bonus Card at NTVSPOR
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