Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium
| Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium | |
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| The Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in February 2015 | |
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National Stadium |
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 Dar es Salaam , TanzaniaTaifa Road |
| Coordinates | 6 ° 51 '12.8 " S , 39 ° 16' 25.7" E |
| owner | Tanzanian government |
| start of building | 2004 |
| opening | 2007 |
| surface | artificial grass |
| costs | 56.4 billion TZS (53 million US dollars ) |
| capacity | 60,000 seats |
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The Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium is a football stadium with an athletics facility in the Tanzanian economic metropolis Dar es Salaam . It was named after Benjamin William Mkapa , the third president of Tanzania, who served from 1995 to 2005.
The complex was constructed from November 2004 to February 2007 by Beijing Construction Engineering Company Limited. Tanzania paid TZS 25 billion of the costs of 56.4 billion TZS (53 million US dollars ), the rest of the costs were borne by the Chinese government .
The stadium, which is currently mainly used for football matches , offers space for 60,000 visitors. It complies with FIFA and IOC standards. The Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium replaced the previous 25,000-seated national stadium, the Uhuru Stadium, built in 1961.
Web links
- FootballFans.eu: Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium
- Football temple: Stadium in Tanzania ( Memento from January 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Soccerway: Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium
- Stadium Database: Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium
- Wildstat: Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium
- WorldStadiums: Stadiums in Tanzania
Individual evidence
- ^ Football temple: Stadiums in Tanzania ( Memento from January 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ).