Special report the progress of the main stadium to be used for the opening and closing ceremony of the 25th SEA GAMES in the capital city of Vientiane, Laos.
Laos, for the first time in the history, will host the biggest event for the Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane 2009. Check out some of the photos below for the main stadium and other sport facilities to be used for SEA GAMES 2009. All of these photos are taken in October 2008.
Main stadium, built by Chinese company
Indoor stadium at National University in Laos will be used for 25th SEA GAMES
Sport center at Sikeuth village will be used as the training center for athelets
Athletes village located at Dong Dok, National University of Laos
Petanque field located at National University of Laos, to be used for 25th SEA GAMES
Sketch of athelete villages at National University of Laos
The 25th SEA Games stadium will be used for an inauguration of 2009 SEA Games hosted by Laos, is confirmed that it would be completed in timely manner, said a senior official is responsible for the construction.
The new football stadium where the opening and closing ceremonies of the games will take place is 65-80 percent complete, the indoor stadium is 90 percent complete, the petanque field is 80 percent complete and the taekwondo court is 95 percent complete
“Laos has enough budget for the construction of 25th SEA Games stadium, thanks to the financial support of Chinese Development Bank worth about US$ 80 million,” Meanwhile the Government has already made a decision to fork out a minimum of 69 billion kip to improve old existed stadiums in Vientiane Capital. All of them would be used for the football competition.
The construction work is under laying out water pipe system, land clearance and road construction access to the stadium, which expects to be completed before inauguration on December 2009.
The Laos National Sports Complex is located about 20 Km from the centre of Vientiane City and comprises a 20,000 seating capacity main stadium, a 2,000 seating capacity indoor aquatics complex, with a outdoor warm-up pool, a Tennis centre consisting of 2,000 seating capacity centre court plus 6 other tennis court, two indoor stadiums each with seating capacity of 3,000 and a indoor shooting range with 50 seats.
The sports complex is in a sprawling 185 ha site, with an Olympic Park, adequate parking lots, lakes and open spaces. An archery centre could be constructed in the open space next to the shooting range. There is adequate space for a trap and skeet range to be added later, if required.
“The stadium will be competed three months in advance in order to inspect its standard,” Mr Khiengkham stated further.
The 2009 SEA Games in Laos is being kept over eyes on from many countries.
Scale model of the Laos national Sports Complex. The indoor aquatics complex is the the foreground, with the tennis centre on its right (marked as 6). The National Stadium with the warm-up track on its left. The two indoor stadia are on the right of the National Stadium, and are marked as 3 & 4. The shooting range is at the top of the model. The Olympic Park is at the top of the model.
