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The Serowe Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in the town of Serowe, Botswana. It is a part of the Serowe Sports Complex, a P27 Million integrated-sports project, which was built in 2002 and officially opened in 2003. The Stadium has a capacity of 6,000 spectators. The main stadium has a football pitch, with an athletics running track surrounding the pitch. Inside the centre-piece there are also facilities for high-jump, long-jump, pole vault and other athletics sports. Outside the stadium, but within the same complex, there are numerous netball, volleyball, softball and tennis courts. The centre has provided to be a great tool to local community, providing a standard sporting facility. It has also been proved to become a main training centre for many of the country's national athletes and a base camp for the national teams, reducing the burden on the National Stadium, which is currently the country's only other major sports complex.

Multi-purpose stadium type of stadium

Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multifunctionality over specificity. It is used most commonly in Canada and the United States, where the two most popular outdoor team sports – football and baseball – require radically different facilities. Football uses a rectangular field, while baseball is played on a diamond and large outfield. This requires a particular design to accommodate both, usually an oval. While building stadiums in this way means that sports teams and governments can share costs, it also imposes some challenges.

Serowe Place in Central District, Botswana

Serowe is a town in Botswana's Central District. A trade and commercial centre, it is Botswana's largest village. Serowe has played an important role in Botswana's history, as capital for the Bamangwato people in the early 20th century and as birthplace of several of Botswana's presidents. More recently it has undergone significant development as the town and Botswana continue to grow.

Botswana republic in southern Africa

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966. Since then, they maintain a tradition of stable representative republic, with a consistent record of uninterrupted democratic elections and the best perceived corruption ranking in Africa since at least 1998. It is currently Africa's oldest continuous democracy.

History

In mid-2007, structural defects arose around the sports complex, resulting in a possibility of relocating the whole facility. There have been calls from numerous quarters for the relocation of the facility because of huge cracks on the playing courts and office buildings. Another major factor was that the stadium would already have to pay P5 million to rehabilitate the soil, due to it being unsuitable for the foundations. However, plans have since been put on hold due to an estimated cost of P20 million for the first phase of the relocation. [1]

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References

  1. http://www.gov.bw/cgi-bin/news.cgi?d=20070913&i=Serowe_multi-million_stadium_to_be_relocated

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