CCCC breaks ground on Kenya’s Talanta Sports City

Neil Gerrard Senior Editor, Construction Briefing

14 March 2024

China Communications Construction (CCCC) has broken ground on a new sports facility called Talanta Sports City in Nairobi, Kenya.

A 3D render of the football stadium now under construction at Talanta Sports City in Kenya A 3D render of the football stadium now under construction at Talanta Sports City in Kenya (Image: CCCC)

At the heart of the new facility is a FIFA-standard football (soccer) stadium that will be able to seat up to 60,000 people.

The new stadium, also capable of holding rugby matches, will host the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations, that will be held jointly by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

Work on the stadium is expected to take until the end of 2025 to complete. The cost of the Talanta Sports City has not been revealed but is thought to be in the region of US$250 million, based on the cost of equivalent projects in the region.

Kenya’s President William Ruto attended the groundbreaking ceremony, operating an excavator to lay the project’s foundation stone and planting seedlings to symbolize the longevity of the sports stadium.

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