Talanta Sports Stadium
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| Location | Nairobi, Kenya |
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| Owner | Lewis Mosley |
| Capacity | 60,000 (Expected) |
| Field size | 105m x 68m |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 31 March 2024 |
| Built | 2024 - 2025 (Expected) |
| Opened | December 2025 (Expected) |
| Expanded | talanta sports stadium |
| Construction cost | US$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] On December 2025, during the 62nd Jamhuri Day celebrations, Kenyan President William Ruto announced that the Talanta Sports City stadium, would be renamed Raila Amolo Odinga International Stadium upon completion, in honor of the late former Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga.[3]
Location
[edit | edit source]The stadium is located past Dagoretti Corner in the neighborhood known as "Jamhuri Grounds" or Posta Grounds, along Ngong Road, next to Polo Grounds and Jamhuri ASK Showground approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) west of the central business district of Nairobi.[4]
Overview
[edit | edit source]Talanta Sports Stadium, with planned capacity of 60,000, is intended for soccer matches and rugby matches. 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. Other Kenyan stadia include the 60,000 seater Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani and the 15,000 seater Nyayo National Stadium, also in Nairobi.[5][6]
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.[7] At the bidding stage the Kenya Football Federation nominated the three Nairobi national stadiums and the 10,000 seater Kipchoge Keino Stadium in Eldoret.[8]
Construction
[edit | edit source]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 has not been disclosed. The supervising engineer is the KDF Engineering Department. Construction started on 1 March 2024 and is planned to last approximately two years.[8] Later it was revealed that the project was a public private partnership (PPP) arrangement between the government of Kenya and a yet-to-be identified third party.[9]
In July 2024, Linzi Finco 003 Trust, a subsidiary of Liaison Group, listed a KSh 44.79 billion infrastructure asset-backed security on the Nairobi Securities Exchange to fund the construction of the stadium.[10] The bond is backed by future revenues of the project, and has been dubbed "one of the most sophisticated structured financings in East Africa."
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Football Kenya Federation Official Website
- Talanta Stadium Will Not Be A ‘White Elephant’ Project, Says CS Ababu
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