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 Tunisian national team in the 1930s and 1940s In addition to the Tunisian Cup final since the 1929 edition, before the construction of the Stade Géo André in 1942.[3]
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 eventsedit
El Menzah Stadium
It is built to host the 1967 Mediterranean Games at the same time as the Olympic swimming pool and gymnasium. Since then, it is an integral part of Tunisia's main sports complex. Tunisia's three major football teams, ES Tunis, Club Africain and Stade Tunisien played their games there.
The stadium was completely renovated for the 1994 African Cup of Nations. It has a capacity of 45,000 seats.[5] The VIP section consists of a grandstand and 2 salons that can accommodate 300 people in a "cocktail" configuration. The stadium hosted the matches of Tunisia national football team until the inauguration of 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 eventsedit
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.
menzah, stadium, multi, purpose, stadium, located, north, tunis, tunisia, full, namestade, olympique, menzahlocationel, menzah, tuniscoordinates36, 839778, 185361, 839778, 185361ownergovernment, tunisiacapacity39, field, size105, msurfacegrassconstructionbroke. El Menzah Stadium is a multi purpose stadium located in the north of Tunis Tunisia El Menzah StadiumFull nameStade Olympique d El MenzahLocationEl Menzah TunisCoordinates36 50 23 2 N 10 11 7 3 E 36 839778 N 10 185361 E 36 839778 10 185361OwnerGovernment of TunisiaCapacity39 858 1 Field size105 x 68 mSurfaceGrassConstructionBroke ground1964Built1964 1967Opened1967Renovated1994 2022 ArchitectOlivier Clement CacoubTenantsEsperance de TunisClub Africain Contents 1 History 2 Sporting events 3 Music events 4 Stands 5 References 6 External linksHistory edit nbsp Reconstruction of the stadium Stade Velodrome 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 Tunisian national team in the 1930s and 1940s In addition to the Tunisian Cup final since the 1929 edition before the construction of the Stade Geo Andre in 1942 3 After World War II the stadium was named again after Victor Perez a Tunisian boxer who was World Fly Champion in 1931 and was killed in the Nazi concentration camps in Gleiwitz in 1945 After independence the Stade Geo Andre was the stadium of the Tunisian national team before the Velodrome was demolished and completely rebuilt in 1967 after cooperation between Tunisian and Bulgarian engineers 4 Sporting events edit nbsp El Menzah Stadium It is built to host the 1967 Mediterranean Games at the same time as the Olympic swimming pool and gymnasium Since then it is an integral part of Tunisia s main sports complex Tunisia s three major football teams ES Tunis Club Africain and Stade Tunisien played their games there The stadium was completely renovated for the 1994 African Cup of Nations It has a capacity of 45 000 seats 5 The VIP section consists of a grandstand and 2 salons that can accommodate 300 people in a cocktail configuration The stadium hosted the matches of Tunisia national football team until the inauguration of the Stade 7 November in Rades 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 Rades which now receives all the matches of the Tunis teams Music events editPopstar 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 Mariah Carey kicked off The Adventures of Mimi Tour at the stadium on July 22 and 24 2006 nbsp Panorama of the Stade El MenzahStands editGrandstand 400 seats Press gallery 480 seats Lawn 10 952 seats Bleachers 9 664 seats Turns 13 056 seats Enclosures 5 786 seatsReferences edit Stade Olympique El Menzah Archived from the original on 2015 01 18 Retrieved 2022 12 04 Les stades en AFN Maroc amp Tunisie 3 May 2022 Geo Andre et Velodrome 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 edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to El Menzah stadium 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 byfirst stadium FIFA U 20 World CupFinal Venue1977 Succeeded byNational Stadium Tokyo Preceded byStade Leopold Senghor Dakar African Cup of NationsFinal Venue1994 Succeeded byFNB Stadium Johannesburg Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title El Menzah Stadium amp oldid 1220906074, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
