Renovation Work Ongoing for Floodlights at Benjamin Mkapa Stadium
Latest Tanzania sports news · Renovation Work Ongoing for Floodlights at Benjamin Mka… explained · updated Aug 11, 2026 · sports news · match · score
TLDR
- The stadium is being prepared as one of Tanzania’s venues for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) that the country will co-host with Kenya and Uganda.
- The PS said work on the pitch is now more than 50 per cent complete, with the contractor at the final stage of preparing the surface before planting the grass.
- The contractor had initially agreed to complete the stadium in December, but authorities brought forward some of the work to allow major football events to take place there.
- DAR ES SALAAM: THE playing surface at Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam is expected to be ready within two months, according to the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Culture, Arts and Sports and.
- The improvements at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium ahead of the tournament are meant for the same.