National Heroes Stadium

Lusaka's Show Grounds
	Cross-sectional view
Former names	Gabon Disaster Heroes National Stadium
Location	Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia
Coordinates	15°22′10″S 28°16′22″E / 15.369507°S 28.272641°ECoordinates: 15°22′10″S 28°16′22″E / 15.369507°S 28.272641°E
Type	Multi-purpose stadium
Capacity	60,000
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	10 January 2011
Built	2011–2014
Opened	2014
Construction cost	US$94 million
Main contractors
Tenants
	Zambia national football team

Heroes National Stadium^[2] is a multi-purpose stadium in Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia. It is currently used mostly for 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[]

Upon completion of construction in 2013, it was originally named the Gabon Disaster Heroes National Stadium because of this, but the ruling Patriotic Front government was pressured to change the name by the populace.

On 7 July 2021, a state funeral of former President Kenneth Kaunda was held at the National Heroes Stadium.

Geography[]

View of Heroes Stadium from Zanimone Compound.

The stadium's exact-location is in Lusaka, Lusaka Province (Zambia's Capital City), just by its border with Chibombo District, Central Province on the Great North Road, according to Zambia's Provincial-Border drawings.^[3] ^[4]

The Heroes National Stadium is located right next to where the refurbished Independence Stadium and the Heroes Acres Memorial where the players who died in the Gabon air disaster in 1993 are buried.^[3]

References[]

^ "Quality sports Infrastructure will make Zambia win Africa Cup-RB" (, 10-1-2011)
^ ^a ^b "Zambia complete construction of Heroes National Stadium" (BBC, 12-1-2014)
^ ^a ^b http://tripsuccor.com/zambia/places/heroes-national-stadium-stadium-chibombo-central^{[dead link]}
^ "National Heroes Stadium · Great North Road, 31749, Lusaka 10101, Zambia".

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[1] "Quality sports Infrastructure will make Zambia win Africa Cup-RB" (, 10-1-2011)

[BBC-2] "Zambia complete construction of Heroes National Stadium" (BBC, 12-1-2014)

[TS-3] ttp://tripsuccor.com/zambia/places/heroes-national-stadium-stadium-chibombo-central^{[dead link]}

[4] "National Heroes Stadium · Great North Road, 31749, Lusaka 10101, Zambia".

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