Morocco World Cup 2030 Stadiums: What Is Built and What Comes Next

Morocco has six confirmed host cities for the 2030 World Cup: Casablanca, Rabat, Marrakech, Tangier, Agadir and Fes. The new Hassan II stadium near Casablanca is a different project from the existing grounds in the other five cities. Those venues staged AFCON 2025 matches, but tournament use and completion of all World Cup upgrades are different milestones.

That distinction matters when deciding whether a construction announcement tells you anything about a match or visit on your dates. This page is about construction status. For match logistics, transit and accommodation, see the World Cup 2030 visitor’s guide.

Where the six venues stand

The one being built from nothing

The Grand Stade Hassan II is the only Moroccan venue for this tournament that is new construction rather than a renovation. It is planned at around 115,000 seats, which on completion would make it the largest stadium in Africa. It was designed by Populous, in collaboration with the Paris-based practice Oualalou + Choi, whose entry won the design competition in March 2024.

It is not in Casablanca. The site is at El Mansouria, in Benslimane Province, roughly 40 kilometres north of the city, which is a detail with real consequences for anyone booking a Casablanca hotel and assuming they can walk or take a short taxi to a match.

Reported delivery targets now point to the end of 2027, with 2028 the outer estimate given in earlier published plans. Treat both as project targets rather than a confirmed opening date.

Contracts, construction progress and what is known about reaching the site are tracked in the Grand Stade Hassan II dossier.

The one already finished

Rabat’s Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium is the outlier: it is done. It was delivered in roughly two years and has already hosted the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, which is the most useful signal available about any of these venues, because a stadium that has run a continental tournament has been tested with real crowds rather than on paper.

Rabat is not the only venue to have staged the tournament. CAF’s host-venue guide also lists Marrakech, Tangier, Agadir and Fes.

The four renovations

These four venues hosted AFCON 2025 matches, but their World Cup work is at different stages. Marrakech closed in 2026 for a second phase of rebuilding; Tangier reopened in November 2025 following substantial upgrades. Agadir is undergoing further stadium improvements, and Fes has another renovation phase in preparation. For the full city-by-city picture, see our Morocco 2030 host-cities dossier, last checked on 20 October 2026.

Future delivery dates are targets, not confirmed opening dates.

For a visit before 2030, check the particular club fixture, ticket sale and venue operator. Past tournament use does not establish that a stadium is open on your date, while future renovation plans do not establish a current closure.

The final has not been awarded

It would be easy to assume that the largest stadium in Africa, purpose-built for this tournament, will host the final. That is not decided, and it should not be assumed.

FIFA has not selected a venue for the 2030 final. Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu is a genuine competing contender. Both stadiums are serious possibilities, and neither has been chosen.

Check FIFA’s announcements before planning around the final.

October 2026 planning note. World Cup upgrade programmes and the venue for the final require current confirmation. Existing AFCON use is a documented milestone, not a promise about future opening dates or fixtures.

What this means if you are planning

Do not build a non-refundable plan around a specific stadium yet. Fixtures have not been published, venue readiness is still moving, and the one decision that would anchor a trip, where the final is played, has not been made.

What you can reasonably do now is understand the shape of it: a new venue near Casablanca and five existing host-city stadiums, with future works and fixture arrangements to confirm. For how the host cities actually connect, and why the rail corridor governs any multi-match itinerary, the visitor’s guide and the ONCF train guide cover the movement problem in full.