
The Grand Stade Hassan II in Casablanca, Morocco, is set to be the world's largest football stadium, with a capacity of 115,000 just in time for the African nation to co-host the 2030 FIFA World Cup.
Morocco will host the tournament along with Portugal and Spain, with the location of Casablanca already set for the final. Preparations for the basic works of the stadium began in October 2023 on the area of 100 hectares.
The current record holder for the largest football stadium is the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, which has a capacity of 114,000 people and hosts its national football team.
The stadium was designed by Paris-based architects Oualalou + Choi and global sports design leaders Populous.
However, it will not be the largest overall site in the world. That honor goes to the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India. The cricket stadium does not hold football matches but can host up to 132,000 spectators.

Inspired by the traditional Moroccan social gathering called "moussem" where Moroccan groups gather together for cultural exchange, the roof structure is designed to look like a grand canopy among the Casablanca forest landscape.
Surrounding the main stadium are clusters of gardens that house pitches and smaller sports complexes. This "oasis of greenery" includes botanical gardens to add a new level of interaction between the stadium and the surrounding nature at its location, 38 km north of Casablanca.
Each end of the stadium has a grandstand that can hold 29,500 general admission spectators, with an additional 12,000 spectators admitted to the five levels of VIP hospitality stands.

Tarik Oualalou, Design Director and founding partner at Oualalou + Choi and lead architect for the project, comments: “Grand Stade Hassan II is deeply rooted in Moroccan culture, with its traditions and contemporary expressions.
It is rooted in ancient and primitive figures: the Moussem, the tent and the garden, as well as the topography and landscapes of Morocco. It is a generous space, open to the world and respectful of the Nature it protects. The Grand Stade Hassan II de Casablanca is the embodiment of the great tradition of Moroccan hospitality.”