Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers has approved the award of contracts worth N15 billion for the construction of a sports complex in Port Harcourt.
The Commissioner for sports, Mr Boma Iyaye, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Tuesday that the stadium would be cited at greater Port Harcourt City.

The State Government had given approval to build a new city known as greater Port Harcourt City to decongest Port Harcourt.
Iyaye said the new sports complex would be used for the 17th National Sports Festival, tagged ''Garden City Games'' to be hosted by the state in Nov. 2010.

‘’ The project is expected to be completed in September next year and it will serve as the main hub for the festival , expected to attract more than 14,000 athletes and officials,’’ he said.

The Commissioner said contracts for the new stadium had been awarded to different firms but did not disclose their names.
''This is a huge step in directing our focus towards ensuring a successful hosting of the sports festival.

''We have no doubt that by this time next year, Rivers State would have concluded the hosting of a big event which Nigerians have never experienced before,’’ Iyaye said.

link (http://www.triumphnewspapers.com/am24122009.html)

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Iv-Consult designs – in cooperation with Hollandia and Arcelor Mittal – a new sports stadium in the city of Port Harcourt in Nigeria. This ‘Sports Bowl’ is part of the sport village ‘Garden City Community Sports Centre’, financed by the County of River State. In the village all possible sports will be present.
Sports Bowl is approximately 150 x 300 meters. The galleries are made of concrete and about 15 meters high. A steel canopy roof with a span of 40 meters and one support in the middle will be placed on top of the concrete. The complete canopy consists of 8 separate sections, which are made of framework trusses and purlins. All parts will be assembled with bolts on the spot.
Transportation, logistics and assembly of the trusses are a big challenge, because many kilometers of steel profiles and thousands of parts have to be shipped from The Netherlands to Nigeria. Sport Bowl has to be finished in 2011.

http://www.iv-groep.nl/en/news/11-nieuws/123-iv-consult-ontwerpt-sportstadion-voor-nigeria.html

Deux Project Limited has been awarded the contract for the construction of a new 26,000 seat concrete football stadium. Project will feature a fixed aluminium canopy over much of the seating. There will be asynthetic running track to International Standards as well as an artificial playing surface (Polytan with a FIFA 2-Star rating for international competitions)...

http://deuxproject.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_details&gid=26&Itemid=3

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:)

Gov. Amaechi and his wife, Dame Judith inspecting projects at the new games village.

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www.touchportharcourt.com

Main Stadium

http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af298/ONLY1GAR3TH/251299_231776566839548_208939615789910_1163093_5657624_n.jpg

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2nd Stadium

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Pool Facility

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hmm............nice and to think this is going on in my own backyard and i have no idea......nice development for PH.....keepin up pace....

www.touchportharcourt.com

Main Stadium

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whats the capacity of this stadium?

well...the topic says 26000...

naija and da same boring ugly stadium designs why not wait a couple more years to have enough for a real stadium

naija and da same boring ugly stadium designs why not wait a couple more years to have enough for a real stadium

Fully seconded.

Fully seconded.

I disagree. The stadium may not be to the standard of world arena, I would rather they have something than waiting for a few years for the funds to suddenly go missing. If you know what i mean.....

I disagree. The stadium may not be to the standard of world arena, I would rather they have something than waiting for a few years for the funds to suddenly go missing. If you know what i mean.....

This is true. As I understand, that the funds for the Rail project worth 8 billion dollars have been released, with nithing to show for it.

This is true. As I understand, that the funds for the Rail project worth 8 billion dollars have been released, with nithing to show for it.
really?please what is the annual budget of rivers state?:ohno:

naija and da same boring ugly stadium designs why not wait a couple more years to have enough for a real stadium

I agree with that part....same track having stadiums....its really annoying ....they need to learn from south africa....

really?please what is the annual budget of rivers state?:ohno:

No I was referring to the National Rail project signed by Obasanjo in 2007. I understand that the money was released and siphoned by Obasanjo and his corrupt counterparts.

No I was referring to the National Rail project signed by Obasanjo in 2007. I understand that the money was released and siphoned by Obasanjo and his corrupt counterparts.

Adebayoa , what proof do you have that this happened ?

Adebayoa , what proof do you have that this happened ?
I read it in one of the Nigerian newspapers. I wil try and provide a link as soon as possible.

I read it in one of the Nigerian newspapers. I wil try and provide a link as soon as possible.
still waiting...

Brb

Found some renderings.

Apparently all venues are completed except the main bowl. They are currently using UNIPORT/LIB STAD/SHARKS STA for football matches.

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its completed now and in which part of city is situated this complex ?

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Customer

Deux Projects Nigeria Projects is acting as the main sub-contractor to Deux Projects for the construction of the roof Partners in this venture are ArcelorMittal Construction and Hollandia BV who respectively supply the roofing elements and the fabricated parts

Products

*2,000 tons angles and beam
*37,000 m 2 of cladding

Deux Projects Nigeria

Projects is acting as the main sub-contractor to Deux Projects for the construction of the roof Partners in this venture are ArcelorMittal Construction and Hollandia BV who respectively supply the roofing elements
and the fabricated parts logistics, supervision on site, inspection of the installation on site.

^^ They should have at least, managed, to make it a 30K Seater {Half of National stadium, Abuja}. :)

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SPORTS COMPLEX (INTEGRATED MULTI-COMPLEX SPORTS CENTRE) - ONGOING

All Sporting Facilities Completed except The 25,000 Capacity Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium and external works .

gareth when is this stadium opening?

I dont know, but my think it will open by next year.

edit!

By Arik Air facebook.

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/429780_318102264920213_109748189088956_896235_1992421947_n.jpg

what is this?

http://i.imgur.com/9uxvE.jpg

Well done to port harcourt

lol..dennis :laugh:

I wonder How it feels seeing your old post, under your immediate past banned user name, just above your new one, in a different name :lol:

lol..dennis :laugh:

I wonder How it feels seeing your old post, under your immediate past banned user name, just above your new one, in a different name :lol:

What are you talking about, who is dennis?

http://i.imgur.com/9uxvE.jpg

Now that is a nice development. Kudo to River and Gov. Ameachi, I hope it is complete dons schedule. But I think 26,000 is rather small, I would have hoped for at least 40,000 to 45,000 so it can host international events easily.

Now that is a nice development. Kudo to River and Gov. Ameachi, I hope it is complete dons schedule. But I think 26,000 is rather small, I would have hoped for at least 40,000 to 45,000 so it can host international events easily.

Damn if it cost 9 million dollars to build a 26k seater so it will cost 18 million dollars to build a 52k seater :lol::lol: why not just do that?

Damn if it cost 9 million dollars to build a 26k seater so it will cost 18 million dollars to build a 52k seater :lol::lol: why not just do that?

@ 9 million dollars for a stadium: what's your body temperature?

^^ :hilarious:

@ 9 million dollars for a stadium: what's your body temperature?

Well how much does it cost, the op said it cost 15 billion naira for the who whole complex :|

N15 billion naira is equal to $92,222,586.47 USD using june 2012 exchange rate :)

oh lol i made a wrong calculation then.

N15 billion naira is equal to $92,222,586.47 USD using june 2012 exchange rate :)

92 million USD for that useless mediocre complex? A 26k stadium :lol::lol::lol::lol:

Nigeria is useless

92 million USD for that useless mediocre complex? A 26k stadium :lol::lol::lol::lol:

Nigeria is useless
It's not just for a 26k stadium (and that's not too much for a medium-sized stadium), but for the entire complex -- 2 stadia, handball and basketball courts, lawn tennis courts, swimming pool, indoor hall, etc. Quite cheap actually.

Picture taken 31 May 2012

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Amaechi Pledges N31 Billion Olympic Sports City Completion in August

The Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi yesterday disclosed that the new Port Harcourt Sports City with 38,000 capacity Olympic stadium may be ready for use in the next six months.

The Governor dropped the hint while conveying the National Good Governance Tour, NGGT team round major projects of his administration in the state.

He said that the Olympic stadium, when completed with the entire Sports City estimated to cost about N34 billion will be capable of holding any international sports events of Olympic magnitude and that the new city tagged The Greater Port Harcourt City will stretched to the new sea port also under construction to actualize his administration's dream of a new Port Harcourt city...

Read More:
http://allafrica.com/stories/201302160241.html?aa_source=sptlgt-grid?aa_source=sptlgt-grid

Seems that they had increased the capacity from 26,000 to 38,000. Good Move.

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Waoh! :applause:

Progressing nicely! :cheers:

Amaechi Pledges N31 Billion Olympic Sports City Completion in August



Read More:
http://allafrica.com/stories/201302160241.html?aa_source=sptlgt-grid?aa_source=sptlgt-grid

Seems that they had increased the capacity from 26,000 to 38,000. Good Move.

I agree! Most international competitions would require 30,000 capacity as a minimum.

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This image came from the federal ministry of information's facebook page.

From the good governance tour

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=508592472526999&set=pb.259701504082765.-2207520000.1361254038&type=3&src=http%3A%2F%2Fsphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-prn1%2F75543_508592472526999_1799424436_n.jpg&size=300%2C199

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Here is another pic of the stadium from the good governance tour.

Found it on Rivers state's Twitter page

https://twitter.com/riversstategov

Courtesy of the Federal Ministry Of Information

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Interesting.

The only thing i hate about this stadium is the track

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/75543_508592472526999_1799424436_n.jpg

This image came from the federal ministry of information's facebook page.

From the good governance tour

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=508592472526999&set=pb.259701504082765.-2207520000.1361254038&type=3&src=http%3A%2F%2Fsphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-prn1%2F75543_508592472526999_1799424436_n.jpg&size=300%2C199


What...............!!!!!!!! :shocked: It's going to be fanstastic when completed. :cheers:

Btw, good job GAR3TH!

very impressive, i like the stadium, Amaechi is the best governor in nigeria

^^
uuuuhhhh............... No he's not.

This is going to be a fantastic stadium. Can't wait for it to get completed. Btw, was there any render for this stadium posted here???

who is?

This is going to be a fantastic stadium. Can't wait for it to get completed. Btw, was there any render for this stadium posted here???

Look at a few pages back you will see the render

^^All Posts/comments moved to HERE (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1590688)

Model What the Stadium will look like Completed.

Screen Captured from here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxqwLWZSzDw)

http://i.imgur.com/uMoA6Ew.jpg

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What the?!#@ What happened to the roof??? I was like...Nice stadium until I saw they changed the plan of the stadium roof. Good luck to players trying to hear the referee's whistle when it rains on that roof top.