[4] The stadium did not meet UEFA's highest standards forcing the clubs in Haifa to host their European matches in the Tel Aviv area.

At certain times, UEFA also has limited clubs from outside the Tel Aviv area from hosting even low level European qualifiers citing security concerns.

Kiryat Eliezer was the only stadium in Israel equipped with electronic gates in an effort to curb scalping and the sale of counterfeit tickets.

The Mayor of Haifa, Yona Yahav, and Ya'akov Shachar, the club's owner, gave speeches.

The club claimed that the offices were broken into, damage was caused to the equipment and items that were supposed to be removed before the demolition work began.