The Serowe Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium

Multi-purpose stadium

Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...

 located in the town of Serowe

Serowe

Serowe was famed as Botswana's largest village after Molepolole. Serowe has a rich history in Botswana'; it being the capital for the Bamangwato people in the early part of the 20th century and for being the birth place of many of Botswana's Presidents...

, Botswana

Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...

. It is a part of the Serowe Sports Complex, a P27 Million integrated-sports project, which was built in 2002 and officially opened in 2003. The Stadium has a capacity of 6,000 spectators. The main stadium has a football pitch, with an athletics running track surrounding the pitch. Inside the centre-piece there are also facilities for high-jump, long-jump, pole vault and other athletics sports. Outside the stadium, but within the same complex, there are numerous netball, volleyball, softball and tennis courts. The centre has provided to be a great tool to local community, providing a standard sporting facility. It has also been proved to become a main training centre for many of the country's national athletes and a base camp for the national teams, reducing the burden on the National Stadium

Botswana National Stadium

The Botswana National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Gaborone, Botswana. It is currently used mostly for Football matches. The stadium holds 22,000....

, which is currently the country's only other major sports complex.

History

In mid-2007, structural defects arose around the sports complex, resulting in a possibility of relocating the whole facility. There have been calls from numerous quarters for the relocation of the facility because of huge cracks on the playing courts and office buildings. Another major factor was that the stadium would already have to pay P5 million to rehabilitate the soil, due to it being unsuitable for the foundations. However, plans have since been put on hold due to an estimated cost of P20 million for the first phase of the relocation.