Japoma Stadium
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| Full name | Omnisports Stadium of Douala |
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| Location | Japoma, Douala, Cameroon |
| Coordinates | 4°00′22.7″N 9°49′23.1″E / 4.006306°N 9.823083°E |
| Owner | Fédération Camerounaise de Football |
| Capacity | 50,000 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | February 21st, 2017 |
| Built | 2018(expected) |
| Opened | 2019 (expected) |
| Construction cost | $143 million (expected) |
| Architect | AECOM Sports Architecture (London) |
| Project manager | Leonardo Cameroun sarl |
| Structural engineer | AECOM Structures (London) |
| Services engineer | AECOM MEP |
| General contractor | Yenigün Construction Industry |
| Main contractors | Yenigun |
The Japoma Stadium (or Omnisports Stadium of Douala) will be located in the Japoma locality in Douala. It will be a 50,000 seat capacity stadium which also will have basketball courts, handball volleyball and tennis courts, an olympic swimming pool of 8 lanes, conference centres, commercial centers, a four star luxury hotel and a parking lot. The stadium will be mostly used for football but it will also have an athletic track.[1][2]
The Japoma Stadium is expected to cost around $143 million with 75 percent of the project financed by the Türk Eximbank.[3][4]
It will also host some matches during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
Construction
The construction of the Japoma Stadium began on February 21, 2017. The stadium is said to be completed within 20 months.[5][6]
The project is of the AECOM study, while the works management and the general coordination has been entrusted to the Leonardo Cameroun sarl, which belongs to the Italian study Leonardo srl of the architect Salvatore Re.[7]
References
- ^ "Turkish Yenigun Wins construction of AFCON 2019 Project".
- ^ "Douala Japoma Stadium; Construction Work Has Started".
- ^ "Cameroon To Construct Massive Sporting Complex To Host AFCON 2019". Cameroon Concord. November 6, 2016.
- ^ "Turkish firm to build Cameroon's biggest sports complex". Hurriyet Daily News. November 3, 2016.
- ^ "Cameroun: Le complexe sportif de Douala-Japoma sera livré dans 20 mois" (in French). 237 Online. February 21, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
- ^ "Cameroun - CAN 2019: La construction du stade de Japoma effectivement lancée" (in French). 237 Online. February 21, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
- ^ "Il complesso sportivo di Japoma" (in Italian).