St. Mary's Stadium-Kitende

St. Mary's Stadium-Kitende is a Ugandan sports stadium for the Sports Club Vipers SC, a football club playing in Uganda's top league Uganda Premier League.[1] It has capacity for over 25000 people with over 1000 VIP seats. On 3 March 2017, the African football governing body, CAF, cleared the then newly constructed St Mary's Stadium to host football games.[2] St. Mary's stadium is the home of SC Vipers, located in Kitende on Entebbe Road and was built by the club patron and former FUFA president, Lawrence Mulindwa.

St Mary's Stadium-Kitende
LocationEntebbe, Central Region, Uganda
Coordinates0.1986°N 32.5318°E / 0.1986; 32.5318
OwnerVipers SC
Capacity25000
SurfaceArtificial turf
Construction
Built2017
Opened2017
Expanded2020
Tenants
Vipers SC
Website
viperssc.co.ug

The stadium is considered one of the best stadiums in East Africa. It is the first ever artificial turf pitch stadium to be established in Uganda and East Africa as a whole. It is the second largest stadium in Uganda next to Mandela National Stadium.[3]

Other stadia in Uganda

References
  1. Isabirye, David (2020-06-27). "Sports Infrastructure: Vipers SC further beautifies the St Mary's Stadium, Kitende". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  2. "Vipers SC's St Mary's stadium expanded ahead of Champions League assignments | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  3. www.newvision.co.ug https://www.newvision.co.ug/news/1442616/vipers-st-marys-stadium-complete-feb-2017. Retrieved 2020-08-02. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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