Stadium Name: | New Laos National Stadium |
Nickname: | ສະໜາມກິລາແຫ່ງຊາດຫຼັກ16 |
Location: | Xaythany, Vientiane Prefecture, Laos |
Coordinates: | 18.0619°N 102.7039°W |
Opened: | 2009 |
Owner: | Lao government caretaker Lao Football Federation |
Surface: | Grass Track |
Main Contractors: | Shanghai Construction Group |
Seating Capacity: | 25,000 |
Dimensions: | 95 by 60 m |
The New Laos National Stadium 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]
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]