Government plans to renovate Cape Coast Stadium for exclusive Black Stars use
Ghana’s Minister for Sports activities and Game, Kofi Adams, has printed plans to renovate the Cape Inch Stadium and set up it aside exclusively for the Murky Stars’ home suits.
Adams’ feedback come amid concerns over the country’s deteriorating sports infrastructure, which resulted in a transient ban by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on web hosting worldwide suits attributable to the dearth of a licensed stadium for Category A video games.
“If you happen to hunt for at the essential stadium services and products now we own, Cape Inch is the one who will not require significant to refurbish fleet. For now, we realizing to retain it as a nationwide stadium for the Murky Stars handiest, with out allowing clubs to make exercise of it,” Adams mentioned in an interview with TV3.
He added that the authorities goals to own the stadium ready for the September and October worldwide windows when Ghana resumes its 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Afterwards, the purpose of curiosity will shift to renovating the Accra and Kumasi stadiums to make optimistic they meet worldwide standards.
The Cape Inch Stadium final hosted a world match in November 2021, when Ghana secured a 1-0 victory over South Africa in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier. Since then, it has did not meet CAF’s licensing requirements for web hosting top-tier worldwide video games.