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Short Term Rentals in Elite Sports Residence 5, Dubai Sports City
A tower in the ten-building Elite Sports Residence complex in Dubai Sports City, developed by Triplanet International FZC: location, unit types, facilities, service charges, and short-term rental income context from Royale Stays' managed portfolio.
Floors
20-21 (sources differ)
Developer
Triplanet International FZC
Completed
2014
Units
Studio-2BR apartments
Area
Dubai Sports City
About Elite Sports Residence 5
Elite Sports Residence 5 is one of ten towers making up the Elite Sports Residence complex in Dubai Sports City. Bayut's own building-specific guide, fetched live for this article, names the developer as Triplanet International FZC (its own summary panel elsewhere on the same page instead reads 'Triplanet International Ltd', a minor naming variance for the same developer) and states the tower was launched in 2008 and completed in 2014.
Sources disagree on the exact floor count: Bayut's own building-specific summary panel states 21 floors, while Bayut's own separate complex-wide guide to Elite Sports Residence states plainly that 'Elite Sports Residence 3 and 5 have 20 storeys'. Because this is a genuine inconsistency across two of Bayut's own pages, and no third independent source could be reached live to resolve it, this guide states the figure honestly as 20 to 21 storeys rather than picking one.
Bayut's building-specific page gives 250 units for Elite Sports Residence 5, a figure not independently corroborated since the complex-wide guide does not break units down by tower. That same complex-wide guide does confirm the wider Elite Sports Residence development spans 3,606 residential units across all 10 towers, closely matching earlier estimates of roughly 3,400 to 3,600. Ownership is freehold, per Bayut.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Elite Sports Residence 5 sits within Dubai Sports City, a community built around the Dubai International Cricket Stadium and the ICC Academy. Bayut's own complex-wide guide notes that units at Elite 5 specifically get a canal view, distinguishing the tower from others in the same complex that instead face the park, stadium, community or golf course.
Royale Stays does not yet have a dedicated area guide for Dubai Sports City. For a broader read on Royale Stays' overall approach to Dubai Airbnb management, see the guide to choosing an Airbnb management company in Dubai — a standing gap in area coverage, stated honestly rather than pointed at an unrelated area's guide.
Per Bayut's building-specific guide, the closest neighbouring buildings within a 5-minute walk are Najma Tower B, Hera Tower, Elite Sports Residence 2, and Red Residence. None of these has a dedicated Royale Stays guide yet, stated honestly rather than substituted with an unrelated building.
Major landmarks near Elite Sports Residence 5, per Bayut: the Dubai International Cricket Stadium (seating capacity 25,000), the ICC Academy, and the Dubai Butterfly Garden.
Unit Types
Per Bayut's building-specific guide, Elite Sports Residence 5 offers studio, 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom apartments. Studio apartments range from 420 to 550 sq ft, 1-bedroom apartments from 800 to 850 sq ft, and 2-bedroom apartments from 1,200 to 1,250 sq ft.
Bayut's complex-wide guide gives a wider range for the whole Elite Sports Residence development (studios 443 to 575 sq ft, 1-bedroom 690 to 950 sq ft, 2-bedroom 1,013 to 1,600 sq ft, plus 3-bedroom units of 1,850 to 1,900 sq ft available in other towers) that comfortably brackets the tower-5-specific figures above. No floor-plan diagrams are included here: floor plans are typically the developer's proprietary material and are not reproduced in this guide.
Amenities
Per Bayut, Elite Sports Residence 5 offers a gym, separate swimming pools for adults and kids, an infinity pool, a BBQ area, a kids' play area, a spa, and separate steam room and sauna facilities for men and women. There is also a prayer room and a retail section on the ground floor.
Each unit gets one dedicated parking spot, with visitors using street parking. The building has 24-hour security and CCTV coverage, three high-speed elevators, district cooling provided by Emicool, and is confirmed pet-friendly, all per Bayut.
Transportation & Access
Per Bayut, the building provides quick access to Sheikh Zayed Road and Al Khail Road, connecting residents to Downtown Dubai, Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall (commute times depending on traffic). Public bus routes F29, 34 and 37 stop within a 5-minute drive.
Direct metro access from Dubai Sports City is limited: the nearest stations, Dubai Internet City Metro Station and Sobha Realty Metro Station, are roughly a 15-minute drive away. Bayut's own guide flags this limited metro access, alongside ongoing construction in the wider area, as a genuine downside of the location worth weighing honestly rather than glossing over.
Rental & Price Trends
No building-specific Dubai Land Department sale or rental transaction data could be found live for Elite Sports Residence 5 this pass — stated honestly here rather than substituted with an estimate. Owners weighing a specific unit's earning potential can run their own numbers through Royale Stays' Dubai property ROI calculator.
What Bayut does confirm, sourced from the Dubai Land Department index, is the building's own service charge structure: general upkeep AED 1.27, maintenance AED 2.36, utilities AED 6.82, management AED 0.24, insurance AED 0.56, master community AED 1.51 and reserve fund AED 1.05 per sq ft, totalling AED 13.81 per sq ft per year.
Airbnb / Short-Term Rental Income Potential
No specific Airbnb or Booking.com listing tied directly to Elite Sports Residence 5's name was found for this guide. A prior search-demand check on this building's keyword did flag a short-term-rental signal worth noting, and that is stated here honestly as the basis for the demand read, rather than inferring active listings that were not actually found.
As a standard freehold residential tower with no hotel or serviced-apartment branding, an individual owner at Elite Sports Residence 5 can generally apply for a DTCM holiday home permit in the normal way. Royale Stays' guide to the Dubai holiday home permit sets out the current fees and renewal process.
Owners at Elite Sports Residence 5 can lean on Royale Stays' full furnishing, photography, pricing, check-in and guest communications service rather than handling listings directly, backed by the same operational approach behind Royale Stays' guide to choosing an Airbnb management company in Dubai. Owners ready to move forward can submit their property for a management review to get a clearer read on its Airbnb potential.
Income context reviewed by Chris Veinbaums, DTCM-licensed operator.
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