Oleai Sports Complex
Encyclopedia
Oleai Sports Complex is a multi-use stadium
in Saipan
on the western Pacific Ocean Northern Mariana Islands
. It is currently used mostly for football
matches and serves as the home of the Northern Mariana Islands national football team
. The stadium has a capacity of 2,000 people. The surface is grass with an athletics track around the permimeter.
The complex is run by the government of the Northern Mariana Islands. A weight room and gymnasium are located on the site, the gymnasium hosting basketball and volleyball matches. The complex was used for the 2nd Micronesia Athletics Championships in 2005 and has been used as a training facility by visiting athletics teams. The complex also hosts little league baseball compitions.
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
in Saipan
Saipan
Saipan is the largest island of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , a chain of 15 tropical islands belonging to the Marianas archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean with a total area of . The 2000 census population was 62,392...
on the western Pacific Ocean Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines...
. 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 and serves as the home of the Northern Mariana Islands national football team
Northern Mariana Islands national football team
The Northern Mariana Islands national football team is the international football team of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, controlled by the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association....
. The stadium has a capacity of 2,000 people. The surface is grass with an athletics track around the permimeter.
The complex is run by the government of the Northern Mariana Islands. A weight room and gymnasium are located on the site, the gymnasium hosting basketball and volleyball matches. The complex was used for the 2nd Micronesia Athletics Championships in 2005 and has been used as a training facility by visiting athletics teams. The complex also hosts little league baseball compitions.