El Menzah Stadium

El Menzah Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, located in the north of Tunis, Tunisia.

History

Stade Vélodrome is the historical stadium that preceded Stade El Menzah. It was built in 1927 in the same location and became the stadium of US Tunis and Italia de Tunis. It had a capacity of 5,000 spectators.^[2]

The stadium was named after the president of US Tunis, Henri Smadja. It was also named after Carmel Borg, a Maltese businessman. So it became Stade Smadja-Borg. It was the main stadium for the

Stade Géo André in 1942.^[3]

After

Gleiwitz

in 1945.

After independence, the Stade Géo André was the stadium of the Tunisian national team, before the Vélodrome was demolished and completely rebuilt in 1967 after cooperation between Tunisian and Bulgarian engineers.^[4]

Sporting events

It is built to host the

ES Tunis, Club Africain and Stade Tunisien

played their games there.

The stadium was completely renovated for the

Stade 7 November in Radès

in 2001.

It is expected that the rehabilitation works will start in late 2022 and will continue for two years, after a large part of the stadium was closed for years, in order to relieve the stadium of Radès, which now receives all the matches of the Tunis teams.

Music events

Popstar Michael Jackson performed his first and only concert in Tunisia, at this stadium during his HIStory World Tour on October 7, 1996, in front of 60,000 fans.

Sting performed at the stadium during his Brand New Day Tour on April 28, 2001.

The Adventures of Mimi Tour

at the stadium on July 22 and 24, 2006.

Stands

Grandstand: 400 seats

Press gallery: 480 seats

Lawn: 10,952 seats

Bleachers: 9,664 seats

Turns: 13,056 seats

Enclosures: 5,786 seats

References

^ "Stade Olympique El Menzah". Archived from the original on 2015-01-18. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
^ "Les stades en AFN : Maroc & Tunisie". 3 May 2022.
^ "Géo André et Vélodrome : Quand Papy allait au stade !". 3 May 2022.
^ "Le stade olympique d'El Menzah a cinquante ans !". 3 May 2022.
^ "Stade Olympique El Menzah". Retrieved 2022-04-14.

External links

Photos of Stadiums in Tunisia at cafe.daum.net/stade
Photos Archived 2018-06-21 at the Wayback Machine at worldstadiums.com Archived 2006-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
Photos at fussballtempel.net
Photos and Facts at footballmatch.de
Stade El Menzah on the official "National Sports City" website
StadiumDB page

Preceded by first stadium	FIFA U-20 World Cup Final Venue 1977	Succeeded by National Stadium Tokyo
Preceded by Stade Leopold Senghor Dakar	African Cup of Nations Final Venue 1994	Succeeded by FNB Stadium Johannesburg

[1] "Stade Olympique El Menzah". Archived from the original on 2015-01-18. Retrieved 2022-12-04.

[2] "Les stades en AFN : Maroc & Tunisie". 3 May 2022.

[3] "Géo André et Vélodrome : Quand Papy allait au stade !". 3 May 2022.

[4] "Le stade olympique d'El Menzah a cinquante ans !". 3 May 2022.

[5] "Stade Olympique El Menzah". Retrieved 2022-04-14.

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