Adokiye_Amiesimaka_Stadium
Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium
Sports venue in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, on the north end of the city in the Omagwa neighbourhood. The stadium is named after Adokiye Amiesimaka, a former player with Nigeria's National football team who was among the squad that won the African Nations Cup in 1980, and has been a former Chairman of Sharks Football club and a former Attorney General of Rivers State.[1] Presently, the stadium has a capacity of 38,000[2] people.
It opened on 19 July 2015 with a match between Nigeria and Congo in a qualifier for the Rio Olympics which ended in a 2–1 Nigerian victory.[3]
Later that month, Nigerian Premier League squad Dolphins announced they will play the remainder of the 2015 season in the stadium.[4]
From January 25 to 27 2019, the stadium was used for a 3-day event tagged, Higher Life Conference with Pastor Chris Oyakhilome. It was filled to full capacity and thousands of people sat on the main pitch for this event.[5] It serves as the home ground to Rivers United.