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| former names = Gabon Disaster Heroes National Stadium | | former names = Gabon Disaster Heroes National Stadium | ||
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| image = | | image = National Heroes Stadium 2021 3.jpg | ||
| caption = | | caption = Outside | ||
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Zambia | | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Zambia | ||
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| surface = Grass | | surface = Grass | ||
| scoreboard = | | scoreboard = | ||
| cost = US$94 million | | cost = US$94 million | ||
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| main_contractors = [[Shanghai Construction Company]] | | main_contractors = [[Shanghai Construction Company]] | ||
| seating_type = | | seating_type = | ||
| capacity = 60,000 | | capacity = 60,000 | ||
| suites = | | suites = | ||
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'''Heroes National Stadium''' | '''Heroes National Stadium''' is a [[multi-purpose stadium]] in [[Lusaka]], [[Lusaka Province]], [[Zambia]]. It is currently used mostly for [[football (soccer)|football]] matches and hosts the home matches of the [[Zambia national football team]]. The stadium holds 60,000 spectators. It opened in 2014. The name of the stadium refers to the [[1993 Zambia national football team air disaster]] which took the lives of most of its national football team. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
[[File:National Heroes Stadium 11.jpg|thumb|262.986x262.986px|View of Heroes Stadium from Zanimone Compound.]] | [[File:National Heroes Stadium 11.jpg|thumb|262.986x262.986px|View of Heroes Stadium from Zanimone Compound.]] | ||
The stadium's exact | The stadium's exact location is in [[Lusaka]], [[Lusaka Province]] (Zambia's Capital City), just by its border with [[Chibombo District]], [[Central Province, Zambia|Central Province]] on the [[Great North Road, Zambia|Great North Road]], according to Zambia's Provincial-Border drawings. | ||
The Heroes National Stadium is located right next to where the refurbished [[Independence Stadium (Zambia)|Independence Stadium]] and the Heroes Acres Memorial where the players who died in the Gabon air disaster in 1993 are buried. | The Heroes National Stadium is located right next to where the refurbished [[Independence Stadium (Zambia)|Independence Stadium]] and the Heroes Acres Memorial where the players who died in the Gabon air disaster in 1993 are buried. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Football venues in Zambia]] | [[Category:Football venues in Zambia]] | ||
[[Category:Multi-purpose stadiums in Zambia]] | [[Category:Multi-purpose stadiums in Zambia]] | ||
