Talanta Sports Stadium

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Talanta Sports Stadium
Talanta Sports City
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Talanta Sports Stadium
Location within Kenya
Location Nairobi, Kenya
Coordinates 01°18′22″S36°45′01″E / 1.30611°S 36.75028°E / -1.30611; 36.75028
Capacity 60,000 (Expected)
Field size105m x 68m
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke ground1 March 2024
Built2024 - 2025 (Expected)
OpenedDecember 2025 (Expected)
Construction costUS$250 million (Estimate)
General contractor China Road and Bridge Corporation
Tenants
Kenya national football team
2027 Africa Cup of Nations

Talanta Sports Stadium, also Talanta Sports City is a sports stadium under construction, in the city of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. It is intended to be used during the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations soccer tournament. The stadium is one of the stadia that Kenya plans to use during the tournament, that will be jointly hosted by Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. [1] [2]

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Location

The stadium is located in the neighborhood known as "Jamhuri Grounds", along Ngong Road, approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) west of the central business district of Nairobi. [3]

Overview

Talanta Sports Stadium, with planned capacity of 60,000 is intended for soccer matches and rugby matches only. There will be no athletics track, although athletics fields will be erected adjacent to the stadium. The primary purpose of this stadium is to be part of the host stadia that Kenya will use to host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations in a tri-state-host tournament to be held in the East African countries of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The other Kenyan stadia are the 60,000 seater Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani and the 15,000 seater Nyayo National Stadium, also in Nairobi. [4] [5]

In September 2023, the Confederation of African Football (CAF), announced the East Africa Pamoja bid by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania as the winning bid to host the 2027 AFCON tournament. The bid beat out other bids by other countries including Egypt, Senegal, Botswana and Algeria. [6] At the bidding stage the Kenya Football Federation nominated the three Nairobi national stadiums and the 10,000 seater Kipchoge Keino Stadium in Eldoret. [7]

Construction

The construction contract was awarded to China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), a subsidiary of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), a Chinese, majority state-owned, publicly traded, multinational engineering and construction conglomerate. The contract price is yet undisclosed. The supervising engineer is the KDF Engineering Department. Construction started on 1 March 2024 and is planned to last approximately two years. [7] Later it was revealed that the project was a public private partnership (PPP) arrangement between the government of Kenya (GoK), and a yet-to-be identified third party. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Lindwe Danflow (1 March 2024). "Ruto presides over groundbreaking of Talanta Sports City". The Star (Kenya) . Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  2. ↑ Rading Gerro (3 March 2024). "New Talanta Sports City to uplift Kenya's quest for a continental sporting hub". China Daily . Beijing, China. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  3. ↑ Google (27 March 2024). "Road Distance Between Kenyatta International Convention Center, Nairobi, Kenya And Talanta Sports Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  4. ↑ Tony Mballa (5 March 2024). "How Talanta Stadium will look like after completion". The Star (Kenya) . Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  5. ↑ Neil Gerrard (14 March 2024). "CCCC breaks ground on Kenya's Talanta Sports City". Constructionbriefing.com. London, United Kingdom. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  6. ↑ Mohamed Issa (9 November 2023). "Write up for Afcon 2027 joint preparedness resolved". The EastAfrican . Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  7. 1 2 Miriam Nkirote (16 March 2024). "China's CRBC Begins Work on Talanta Stadium". Construction Kenya. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  8. ↑ Victor Otieno (6 March 2024). "Talanta Hela Stadium is a PPP project, Sports PS Tum says". Daily Nation . Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
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