New Laos National Stadium

The New Laos National Stadium (also known as Lao National Stadium KM16) is a multi-use stadium in Vientiane, Laos that was built in 2009. It is used mostly for football matches. It hosted the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2009 Southeast Asian Games.^[1]

New Laos National Stadium

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Interior of the stadium on a matchday
Location	Xaythany, Vientiane Prefecture, Laos
Coordinates	18°3′43″N 102°42′14″E
Owner	Lao government caretaker Lao Football Federation
Capacity	20,000
Field size	95 by 60 m
Surface	Grass Track
Construction
Opened	2009
Main contractors	Shanghai Construction Group
Tenants
Laos national football team Lao League 1 (Vientianne teams)

Overview

Exterior view of New Laos National Stadium

Upon completion, it replaced the previous Laos National Stadium. The Laos National Sports Complex is located about 17 km from the centre of Vientiane City and comprises a 25,000-seat main stadium, a 2,000-seat indoor aquatics complex, with an outdoor warm-up pool, a tennis centre consisting of 2,000 seating capacity centre court plus six other tennis courts, two indoor stadiums each with a seating capacity of 3,000 and an indoor shooting range with 50 seats.^[2]

The North Korea national team are currently playing their home games here.

See also

• Stadium diplomacy