Akure Township Stadium

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Sunshine Stars F. C.

Akure Township Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Akure in Ondo State, Nigeria. It has a capacity of 10,000 spectators, is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Sunshine Stars FC

However, this carries its home games since November 14, 2010 at Gateway International Stadium in Ijebu -Ode, and struck at the former 2nd Round the defending champions Enyimba FC 2-1. The move was necessary because the Akure Township Stadium, did not meet the standards of the Nigerian Premier League.

History

The Akure Township Stadium was built in 1976 by ​​the then Governor of the Western States Christopher Oluwole Rotimi, to drive sporting activities in the region. While it served as a simple training ground in the early days, it was given by the following governments the status of a stadium. Here, however, no major sporting events also took place after what was due to the bad condition of the plants.

Only the government of Olusegun Agagu had before in 2008, to establish a stadium of international standard here. Thus, a contract for 3.7 billion naira to the CCC Construction Nigeria Limited was awarded. Until April 2010 should arise here an arena with 15,000 seats, training pitches, running track and other facilities.

However, the building was already five months later stopped despite a paid deposit of 1.8 billion naira and have already started construction work of the new government of Olusegun Mimiko, do not meet on the grounds that the future stadium would meet international standards.