Back مركز موي الدولي الرياضي Arabic Centre Esportiu Internacional Moi Catalan Moi International Sports Complex German Centro Deportivo Internacional Moi Spanish Moi International Sports Centre Italian Moi International Sports Centre Dutch Moi International Sports Centre Polish Complexo Desportivo Internacional de Kasarani Portuguese Moi International Sports Center Swedish Uwanja wa kimataifa wa michezo wa Moi Swahili
 Interior of the stadium on a matchday | |
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| Full name | Moi International Sports Centre |
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| Location | Kasarani, Nairobi, Kenya |
| Coordinates | 1°13′41″S 36°53′26″E / 1.22806°S 36.89056°E |
| Owner | Government_of_Kenya |
| Operator | Sports Kenya |
| Capacity | Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani:
80,000[1] (Kasarani Stadium) 5,000 (Kasarani Indoor Arena) 5,000 (Competition pool)[2] |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1987 |
| Opened | August 1987 |
| Renovated | January 2010 |
| Construction cost | KSh.900 million/= (renovations) |
| Structural engineer | Sheng-Li Engineering Construction Company Ltd. (renovations) |
| Services engineer | Sheng-Li Engineering Construction Company Ltd. (renovations) |
| Main contractors | n/a |
| Tenants | |
| Kenya national football team Mathare United F.C. Tusker Athletics Kenya | |
The Moi International Sports Centre (abbreviated as MISC, locally referred to as the Kasarani stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium in Kasarani, Kenya. It was built in 1987 for the All-Africa Games held in Nairobi. The facilities include a 60,000-seat stadium with a running track and a pitch used for football and rugby union, a competition size swimming pool, an indoor arena and a 108-bed capacity hotel.[3] Located at 1,612 metres above sea level, it is slightly above 1 mile in altitude.[4]
The stadium was closed in January 2010 for renovation works worth KSh.900 million funded by a grant to the Government of Kenya by the Government of China. Chinese firm, Sheng Li Engineering Construction Company Limited was contracted to conduct the renovations and the stadium was reopened in March 2012 after completion of the renovations.
In April and May 2014, after terror attacks in Nairobi and Mombasa, the main stadium was used as a screening center as part of 'Operation Usalama Watch' during which thousands of people were rounded up and arrested by the Kenya Police.[5][6]
The stadium hosted the 2017 World U18 Championships in Athletics[7] and 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships.
- ^ "Kenya's new president to be sworn in at Kasarani". Archived from the original on 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
- ^ "Moi International Sports Complex (MISC), Kasarani". www.sportskenya.org. Archived from the original on 2018-10-08. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
- ^ "Moi International Sports Complex (MISC), Kasarani". www.sportskenya.org. Archived from the original on 2018-10-08. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
- ^ "Moi International Sports Centre on World Stadium Database". Archived from the original on 2022-03-05. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
- ^ Somalis are scapegoats in Kenya's Counter-terror Crackdown Archived 2017-02-28 at the Wayback Machine, Amnesty International, May 2014. Accessed on 27 February 2017.
- ^ Usalama Watch: State is fracturing Kenyan society Archived 2017-02-27 at the Wayback Machine, The East African, 19 April 2014. Accessed on 27 February 2017.
- ^ Competitions Update Archived 2016-08-27 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2017-06-07