New Laos National Stadium

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New Laos National Stadium
ສະໜາມກິລາແຫ່ງຊາດຫຼັກ16
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New Laos National Stadium
Location Xaythany, Vientiane, Laos
Coordinates 18°3′43″N102°42′14″E / 18.06194°N 102.70389°E / 18.06194; 102.70389
Owner Lao government caretaker Lao Football Federation
Capacity 25,000
Field size95 by 60 m
Surface Grass
Track
Construction
Opened2009
Main contractorsShanghai Construction Group
Tenants
Laos national football team (2009present)
Ezra F.C. (2009present)
Young Elephants FC (2015present)
Master 7 FC (2018present)

The New Laos National Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Vientiane, Laos that was built in 2009. It is used mostly for football matches. It hosted the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2009 Southeast Asian Games. [1]

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Inside the stadium

Overview

Upon completion, it replaced the previous Laos National Stadium. The Laos National Sports Complex is located about 17 km from the centre of Vientiane City and comprises a 25,000-seat main stadium, a 2,000-seat indoor aquatics complex, with an outdoor warm-up pool, a tennis centre consisting of 2,000 seating capacity centre court plus six other tennis courts, two indoor stadiums each with a seating capacity of 3,000 and an indoor shooting range with 50 seats. [2]

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References

  1. Laos Confident New Stadium Will Be Completed on Time for SEA Games
  2. "Infos at laoseagames2009.com". Archived from the original on 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2009-12-20.