Bingu National Stadium Explained

Stadium Name:Bingu National Stadium
Nickname:Bingu National Stadium
Fullname:Bingu National Stadium
Location:Lilongwe, Malawi
Coordinates:-13.9438°N 33.7531°W
Broke Ground:2012
Built:2012/07/11 - 2016/11/30[1]
Opened:2017/01/28
Surface:Grass
Construction Cost:70 million USD
Architect:Beijing Institute of Architectural Design
General Contractor:Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group
Tenants:Malawi national football team (2017 - present)
Seating Capacity:41,100

Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe is the national stadium of Malawi. It is used for football matches and also has an athletics track. It hosts the home games of the Malawi national football team. It holds 41,100 people.[2] It is named after former Malawian president Bingu wa Mutharika. This stadium became Ethiopian Football Federation home arena. This follows Ethiopian Football Federation request to CAF to use BNS as their national stadium is banned to host international matches for lacking minimum requirements as per the CAF Club Licensing criteria.[3]

It also hosted all four matches of the 2024 Four Nations Football Tournament in March 2024.

Construction

The stadium was built with a US$70 million price tag and opened in 2017.[4] [5] [6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Stadiums - Stadiums in Malawi. www.worldstadiums.com.
  2. Web site: China-funded Bingu stadium in Malawi :A monument of pride. www.nyasatimes.com. 14 January 2017 .
  3. Web site: 2022-05-13 . BNS to host Ethiopia vs Egypt . 2022-05-24 . Malawi 24 . en-US.
  4. Web site: Bingu Stadium operates at a loss – The Nation Online. 16 June 2019. en-US. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190616151650/https://mwnation.com/bingu-stadium-operates-at-a-loss/ . 2019-06-16 . 2019-10-30.
  5. Web site: Bingu National Stadium – StadiumDB.com. stadiumdb.com. 2019-10-30.
  6. News: China to build new Malawi stadium. 2012-10-31. 2019-10-30. en-GB.