Moi International Sports Centre (MISC) 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...

 in Kasarani

Kasarani

Kasarani is a residential area in Nairobi Kenya. It is in the Eastern part of Nairobi, about 10 km from the city centre along Thika Road. It is thought that the name Kasarani originated from a river that flows through the area which has the Kikuyu name Gathara-ini River...

, outskirts of Nairobi

Nairobi

Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...

, Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

. The stadium holds 60,000. It was built in 1987 for the All-Africa Games

All-Africa Games

The All-Africa Games, sometimes called the African Games or the Pan African Games, are a regional multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa...

 held in Nairobi. It is currently used mostly for football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 matches, the Kenya national football team

Kenya national football team

The Kenya national football team, nicknamed the Harambee Stars, is the national team of Kenya and is controlled by Football Kenya Limited, the governing body of football in Kenya. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals.-History:...

 plays most of its home games at the Kasarani stadium. Apart from the stadium, there is a 5,000-seater Gym

Gym

The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...

nasium and an Aquatic complex as part of the Moi International Sports Centre.

Football teams Mathare United

Mathare United

Mathare United Football Club is a Kenyan professional football club, based in Mathare Slums Nairobi Kenya,Mathare United was founded in August 1987.The setting is St. Teresa's Church...

 and Tusker FC use MISC as their primary home stadium.
There is a cricket stadium and a golf course being built in the complex.

The stadium was hosting to the 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards

MTV Africa Music Awards

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held in Kenya.

The stadium has been closed since January 2010 for major renovations that would include among others, making it an all seater stadium. Renovations are being carried out by a Chinese firm, Sheng Li Engineering Construction Company Limited. Work on the stadium was supposed to have been completed by December 2010 but that has since been pushed forward to July 2011.

External links

• Sports Stadia Management Board - a body governing several stadiums in Kenya
• Photo at worldstadiums.com
• Photo at fussballtempel.net
• Nation.co.ke - Sh1bn facelift for Kasarani