Aramco Stadium in Al Khobar opens for guided tours from 14 November
The new 47,000-seat Aramco Stadium lets visitors in on small guided tours from 14 November to 9 December, before it officially opens, with tickets from SAR 50 to SAR 165.
Aramco Stadium, the new 47,000-seat ground in Al Khobar's Sports City, is letting the public in for the first time. From 14 November to 9 December it runs guided tours, billed on the stadium's own website as a chance to see it "before the doors officially open".
The tour goes to the parts of a stadium fans rarely see. Groups start in the VIP lounges, with their view over the pitch, then move to the locker room where match days begin. From there they walk the player tunnel, the same route the teams take, and step out onto the pitch itself. The last stop is the press room, where visitors can sit at the desk used for press conferences.
Tours run in small groups, in English and in Arabic, and the stadium says places are limited. Tickets cost SAR 50 to SAR 165 and are sold on Webook. The stadium says more dates and times are being added, and a start time for each day has not been published yet.
The stadium sits on King Saud Bin Abdulaziz Road in Sports City, in the north of Al Khobar. It was built by Aramco, with its shape of overlapping sails inspired by the dhow, and it is one of the grounds Saudi Arabia has put forward for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup and the 2034 FIFA World Cup. The official website still describes it as opening in 2026 and has not given a date for its first public match, so for most people in the Eastern Province this tour is the first chance to go inside.
To go, book a slot on Webook before you set off, because groups are small and the tour is not sold at the gate. Pick English or Arabic when you book. The tour ends on 9 December. The stadium has not published age rules, parking details or a meeting point yet, so check the ticket page for those, and expect plenty of walking, including stairs between the lounges, the tunnel and the pitch.