Danube Sports World set to open soon 

New Delhi, November 14, 2022: Danube Group, a Dubai-based diversified family-owned business had a soft launch of Danube Sports World – the largest indoor sports facility in the Middle East, set up on a 200,000 square feet plot of land in the shape of a massive inflated dome, next to Habtoor City and Aykon City on Sheikh Zayed Road.

A press release issued by the company says that, the 25 metres high temperature-controlled inflated dome features indoor cricket, padel tennis, badminton, football, table tennis and boxing courts and comes with 150 car parking facility.

The courts also come equipped with features like cameras to livestream game, referees to monitor next game and much more. It has lockers and changing room facilities, first-aid clinic, a gymnasium and a café – for users to socialise in between playing and working out.

“Innovation will determine the success of businesses. As an innovative and forward-looking business group, we constantly try to innovate by incorporating new ideas into action – that leads to creating new business verticals to help our clients,” said Rizwan Sajan Chairman and Founder of Danube Group. 

Adel Sajan, Managing Director of Danube Group, who came up with the brilliant idea to set up Danube Sports World, says, “This is going to be the most popular go-to sporting and recreational centre in the UAE where consumers are now trying to mix sports and recreational facilities as part of their socialising process”.

Danube Sports World partners with Emirates Padel Centre to be its Official Padel Operators and introduce the Bela Padel Concept in Dubai with the legend Fernando Belasteguin.  

The launch ceremony of Danube Sports World was attended by a long list of celebrities and VIPs of the UAE, including Sheikh Saeed Bin Maktoum Bin Juma Al Maktoum, President of UAE Padel Association; Nasser Al Neyadi or famously known as Fazza Sky, Founder of Emirates Padel Center; Sheikh Rashed Bin Ammar Bin Humaid Al Nuaimi; Fernando Belasteguín, a legend from Argentina that took over the Padel world. 

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Among others, Teddy Puig, CEO and Partner One16Sports & Bela Padel Center; Batata Fermin, Head Coach & Co-Founder of Emirates Padel Center; Khalid Al Awar, Director of Sports Events, Dubai Sports Council; Hareb Albastaki, Partnerships Assistant Manager, LIV by Emirates NBD; Tarek Al Sakka is CEO of Dubai Refreshment Co.; Suhail Galadari, Co-Chariman of Galadari Brothers; Felix Ruiz Hernandez, CEO/Founder of Playtomic; Rafih Filli, Founder & CEO of FiLLi Café; David Nalbandian, Argentine Tennis Player who won 11 Singles titles and in 2003 he reached his highest ranking of World No. 3. 

Other VIP guests included Roy Gomez, Chairman of Brand Folio, Tom Foley, General Manager – Go Sport, Courir, NBA and Peter Michael, Senior Partnerships Manager at Careem.