Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium

Host to the opening match and the final of the 2025 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations, the stadium was visible across the city, and to the world via broadcast media, thanks to a unique parametrically designed façade with a fully integrated LED lighting system, that enables animated visual displays across the whole stadium exterior.

The façade of the stadium uses parametric design that draws inspiration both from the interlaced palm leaves lining Rabat’s great boulevards, and from Morocco’s great artisanal tradition, the ‘Point de Fez’ embroidery and traditional ornamentation.

Its golden, shimmering profile rises from the eucalyptus forest of the city’s green belt – the southern lungs of Rabat – representing Morocco’s spirit of innovation and technological strength as it opens toward the Atlantic.

Covering 100,000 m², the façade is composed of 19,200 champagne-coloured aluminium triangles, each with their own unique dimensions.

The bowl is the beating heart of the Moulay Abdellah Stadium, designed to connect Moroccan supporters’ immense passion with the action on the pitch.

A vast open concourse to the south leads into a steep, two-tiered 23,000-capacity ‘Kop’ stand, one of the largest fan sections in Africa and Europe. The two superposed tiers, where the upper tier cantilevers eight metres above the lower tier, create a breathtaking impression of floating over the field, directly overlooking the goal. This dual-tiered South Kop serves as a ‘loudspeaker’ for supporter passion, facing the pitch, the players, and the other stands.

The West Stand hosts VVIP, VIP, skyboxes, and lounges, centred on the Royal Box, while the East Stand offers a versatile mix of lounges and skyboxes across three tiers. Skyboxes on Level 2 form a U-shaped ring around the pitch, offering optimised views of the pitch and the vibrant South Kop stand.

The overall design ensures an electric stadium atmosphere, enhancing the fan experience at every level.

At sunset, the façade transforms into a giant animated screen, thanks to an integrated video lighting system featuring 70 km of LED pixel bars capable of displaying up to 60 frames per second. Fully programmable, the lighting scenarios can be synchronized in real time with music, screens, or key moments of sporting events, creating spectacular and immersive light shows.