The city of Adama is planning to build a new 80,000-seat stadium at a cost of 1.7 billion birr (82 million USD), EthioSport reported quoting Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) President Juneydi Basha as saying on his twitter account.
According to the report, Ethiopia is currently undergoing a major stadium construction boom and a new 30,000-seat stadium is under construction in Gambella at a cost of 375 million birr (just over 18 million USD). Similar projects are also under way in Makalle, Hawassa, Nekempte, Dire Dawa and Woldiya among others. The big one of course, is the much awaited Addis Ababa Stadium (Adey Abeba) and Olympic village project slated to be completed in a couple of years time, while the recently CAF ratified Bahir Dar Stadium has already started hosting international competitive games.