Paul Biya Stadium
 Paul Biya Stadium Modal | |
| Location | Olembe, Yaoundé, Cameroon |
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| Owner | Fédération Camerounaise de Football |
| Capacity | 60,000 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | March 2016 |
| Built | 2018 (expected) |
| Opened | July 2018 (expected) |
| Construction cost | $237 million (expected) |
| General contractor | Piccini Construction |
The Paul Biya Stadium will be located in the Olembe locality in Yaounde. It will be a 60,000 seat capacity stadium which also will have basketball courts, volleyball and tennis courts, an olympic swimming pool of 8 lanes, conference centres, commercial centers, a four star luxury hotel and a parking lot. The stadium will be mostly used for football but it will also have an athletic track.[1][2] The paul Biya Stadium is named after current Cameroon president Paul Biya who has been in power for more than 30 years. This effort is to achieve something for his 30 year dictatorial rule. Most Cameroonians are disenfranchised and distant to projects like these because they know and are aware that most projects like these go uncompleted and thus white elephants. Only a handful of cameroonians would benefit from such projects because of the corrupt system which squeezes the juice and hard earned tax payers money to the pockets of a handful.
It will also host some matches during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Even though only a few months away the country lacks the basic facilities to host such an event or any of a smaller scale.