Talanta Sports City | |
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  Talanta Sports Stadium Location within Kenya | |
| Location | Nairobi, Kenya |
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| Coordinates | 01°18′22″S 36°45′01″E / 1.30611°S 36.75028°E |
| Capacity | 60,000 (Expected) |
| Field size | 105m x 68m |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 31 March 2024 |
| Built | 2024 - 2025 (Expected) |
| Opened | December 2025 (Expected) |
| Construction cost | US$250 million (Estimate) |
| General contractor | China Road and Bridge Corporation |
| Tenants | |
| Kenya national football team 2027 Africa Cup of Nations | |
Talanta Sports Stadium, also Talanta Sports City is a sports stadium under construction, in the city of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. It is intended to be used during the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations soccer tournament. The stadium is one of the stadia that Kenya plans to use during the tournament, that will be jointly hosted by Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.[1][2]
Location
[edit]The stadium is located past Dagoretti Corner in the neighborhood known as "Jamhuri Grounds" or Posta Grounds, along Ngong Road, next to Polo Grounds and Jamhuri ASK Showground approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) west of the central business district of Nairobi.[3]
Overview
[edit]Talanta Sports Stadium, with planned capacity of 60,000, is intended for soccer matches and rugby matches only. There will be no athletics track, although athletics fields will be erected adjacent to the stadium.
The primary purpose of this stadium is to be part of the host stadia that Kenya will use to host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations in a tri-state-host tournament to be held in the East African countries of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The other Kenyan stadia are the 60,000 seater Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani and the 15,000 seater Nyayo National Stadium, also in Nairobi.[4][5]
In September 2023, the Confederation of African Football (CAF), announced the East Africa Pamoja bid by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania as the winning bid to host the 2027 AFCON tournament. The bid beat out other bids by other countries including Egypt, Senegal, Botswana and Algeria.[6] At the bidding stage the Kenya Football Federation nominated the three Nairobi national stadiums and the 10,000 seater Kipchoge Keino Stadium in Eldoret.[7]
Construction
[edit]The construction contract was awarded to China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), a subsidiary of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), a Chinese, majority state-owned, publicly traded, multinational engineering and construction conglomerate. The contract price is yet undisclosed. The supervising engineer is the KDF Engineering Department. Construction started on 1 March 2024 and is planned to last approximately two years.[7] Later it was revealed that the project was a public private partnership (PPP) arrangement between the government of Kenya (GoK), and a yet-to-be identified third party.[8]
In July 2024, Linzi Finco 003 Trust, a subsidiary of Liaison Group, listed a KSh 44.79 billion infrastructure asset-backed security on the Nairobi Securities Exchange to fund the construction of the stadium[9]. The bond is backed by future revenues of the project, and has been dubbed "one of the most sophisticated structured financings in East Africa."
References
[edit]- ^ Lindwe Danflow (1 March 2024). "Ruto presides over groundbreaking of Talanta Sports City". The Star (Kenya). Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ Rading Gerro (3 March 2024). "New Talanta Sports City to uplift Kenya's quest for a continental sporting hub". China Daily. Beijing, China. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Road Distance Between Kenyatta International Convention Center, Nairobi, Kenya And Talanta Sports Stadium, Nairobi, Kenya" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ Tony Mballa (5 March 2024). "How Talanta Stadium will look like after completion". The Star (Kenya). Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ Neil Gerrard (14 March 2024). "CCCC breaks ground on Kenya's Talanta Sports City". Constructionbriefing.com. London, United Kingdom. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ Mohamed Issa (9 November 2023). "Write up for Afcon 2027 joint preparedness resolved". The EastAfrican. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ a b Miriam Nkirote (16 March 2024). "China's CRBC Begins Work on Talanta Stadium". Construction Kenya. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ Victor Otieno (6 March 2024). "Talanta Hela Stadium is a PPP project, Sports PS Tum says". Daily Nation. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ Njuguna, Harry (13 July 2025). "Linzi FinCo Lists KSh 44.79B Infrastructure-Backed Bond to Fund Talanta Sports City". The Kenyan Wall Street - Business, Markets News, Investing Data & AI Tools. Retrieved 15 August 2025.