Saudi Arabia to allow women to attend sports events in stadiums for the first time next year

T-Mag Monday 30/October/2017 11:53 AM
By: Times News Service
Saudi Arabia to allow women to attend sports events in stadiums for the first time next year

Dubai: Saudi Arabia will for the first time allow women to attend sports events in three selected stadiums from early next year, the General Sports Authority said in a statement.
The stadiums in Jeddah, Dammam and Riyadh are being prepared to accommodate families in early 2018, said the statement, carried by the state-run Saudi Press Agency late on Sunday.
Last month Saudi Arabia announced that, from June, women would be allowed to drive cars, ending the world's only ban on female driving.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's Vision 2030 reform programme aims to open up Saudis’ lifestyles.