Yanga unveil 40,000-seat Stadium Grand Project

  

It seems Yanga are keen to pull up the biggest shock on many of us by constructing their own ultra-modern 40,000-seat stadium in Dar. The ‘too good to be true’ story surfaced out late last year when the then newly-elected Yanga leader, tycoon Yusuph Manji shocked many by announcing mega plans of turning the massively supported club into one of the richest in Africa.

This week,Beijing construction Engineering Group, a Chinese company that had been contracted at the end of lat year to do the  project analysis, has submitted the  architectural plans and initial budget estimation. The stadium would be built at Jangwani.

BCEG manager,Zhang Chengwei David said that the project analysis has been completed and presented to the Yanga’s board of directors. Zhang,said his company has enough experience and expertise in construction of stadiums around the world. The same company was successfully contracted to construct the 60,000-seat modern stadium in Dar by the government of Tanzania at a cost of $56.4 million. The  company is also constructing the Uhuru Stadium adjacent to the National stadium.

Francis Kifukwe,further revealed that  Yanga  and BCEG will sign the contract agreement in May and the construction is expected to begin in July . The construction is expected to take two years. The  40,000-seater stadium  will have ample car parking space, VIP sections, hospital, restaurants and hostels,a media hub, sections for the disabled as well as providing other services.