New Laos National Stadium
ສະໜາມກິລາແຫ່ງຊາດຫຼັກ16 | |
 Interior of the stadium on a matchday | |
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| Location | Xaythany, Vientiane Prefecture, Laos |
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| Coordinates | 18°3′43″N 102°42′14″E / 18.06194°N 102.70389°E |
| Owner | Lao government caretaker Lao Football Federation |
| Capacity | 25,000 |
| Field size | 95 by 60 m |
| Surface | Grass Track |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 2009 |
| Main contractors | Shanghai Construction Group |
| Tenants | |
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]
Overview
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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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Laos Confident New Stadium Will Be Completed on Time for SEA Games
- ^ "Infos at laoseagames2009.com". Archived from the original on 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
External links
[edit]- FootballFans.eu: New Laos National Stadium
- cafe.daum.net/stade: Nouveau Stade National du Laos
- Soccerway: New Laos National Stadium
- Stadionwelt: Laos National Stadium
- World Stadiums: Laos National Stadium
- Worldstadia: Laos National Stadium, Vientiane
- Flickr: Photostream of the Lao SEA Games Stadiums