The stadium has a capacity of 20,000 seats. On October 19, 2018, Ivorian Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly launched construction work on the stadium. On June 11, 2021, the stadium was handed over to the municipality of Yamoussoukro and will host Ligue 1 matches and officially inaugurated in June 2022.
The stadium is one of six stadiums under renovation or construction selected to host the 34th African Cup of Nations in January/February 2024 in Ivory Coast (originally planned for summer 2023 but delayed due to climatic conditions in Ivory Coast). Ivory at this rainy time of year). The others are the Laurent-Pokou stadium in San-Pédro, the Amadou-Gon-Coulibaly stadium in Korhogo, the Bouaké peace stadium, the Ebimpé Olympic stadium and the Félix-Houphouët-Boigny stadium in Abidjan.
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