[3][4] It is part of the Egypt International Olympic City, a large sports complex that has been under construction since 2015.

It will have a training ground, two indoor halls (one of them a 15,000-capacity arena), an Olympic-size swimming pool, and other buildings, and is being built with an eye toward the country's possible bids for the Olympic Games or the FIFA World Cup.

It was designed by Italian firms SHESA Architects and MJW Structures with partnership with Cosmos-E engineers and consultants,[7] who had also worked on Juventus Stadium in Turin and the Paul Biya stadium in Yaoundè, Cameroon.

The roof is stylistically based on the headdress and the royal necklace of Nefertiti, the ancient Egyptian queen.

[5] The stadium hosted its first match on 22 March 2024, between Egypt and New Zealand, as the opener of 2024 ACUD Cup, which was part of the first 2024 FIFA Series.