New Laos National Stadium

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New Laos National Stadium
ສະໜາມກິລາແຫ່ງຊາດຫຼັກ16
Stadium Laos National Stadium.jpg
Interior of the stadium on a matchday
New Laos National Stadium
Location Xaythany, Vientiane Prefecture, 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 20,000
Field size95 by 60 m
Surface Grass
Track
Construction
Opened2009
Main contractors Shanghai Construction Group
Tenants
Laos national football team
Lao League 1 (Vientianne teams)

The New Laos National Stadium (also known as Lao National Stadium KM16) 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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Overview

Exterior view of New Laos National Stadium Stadenat-vientiane.jpg
Exterior view of New Laos National Stadium

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]

The North Korea national team are currently playing their home games here.

See also

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.
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