[4] This led to considerable delays in completion and constrained the resident club Al-Zawra'a SC to play several seasons at Al-Shaab Stadium.

[5] Initially, apart from the main stadium, the project included the construction of hotel, swimming pool, sports hall, landscaping and access routes to the complex.

In 2018, the slight improvement in the economic situation contributed to resume the work, under the supervision of former Minister of Youth and Sports Abdul-Hussein Abtaan.

The Ministry of Youth and Sports issued several warnings of contract termination to the Boland Payeh company if it did not increase the pace of work.

[8][9] On 15 February 2022, the new stadium was officially opened on the occasion of an Iraqi Premier League match between Al-Zawra'a SC and Al-Diwaniya FC.