President Nana Akufo Addo on Tuesday cut the sod for the construction of a multipurpose sporting facility to be used in hosting the 2023 All Africa Games.

Below is the details of the facility

• 400-metre 6-Lane Athletics Warm-Up Track with playing field for football; Washrooms
for male and female; Spectator stand for 500 people.
• One Thousand-Seater Competition Swimming Pool, collapsible to Five Hundred (500)
Seater. 8-lane Competition Swimming.
• 8-Lane Warm-up Swimming Pool.
• Five Hundred-Seater (500) Temporary Dome (Handball, Judo, Karate, Taekwondo,
etc).
• One Thousand-Seater (1,000) Multi-Purpose Sports Hall (Badminton, Boxing,
Volleyball, Weightlifting, etc).
• Five (5) Tennis Courts complex including One Thousand-Seater (1,000) Centre Court
(Covered Spectator Stand with a VVIP viewing stand),
• Space for Children’s Playground.

NB: The 50,000 Capacity Olympic stadium will not be built due to time constraints. Nevertheless, these facilities will be constructed at Borteyman while we leverage on the existing facilities of the University of Ghana.

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