It hosts the home games of the Malawi national football team.

[2] It is named after former Malawian president Bingu wa Mutharika.

This stadium became Ethiopian Football Federation home arena.

This follows Ethiopian Football Federation request to CAF to use BNS as their national stadium is banned to host international matches for lacking minimum requirements as per the CAF Club Licensing criteria.

The stadium was built with a US$70 million price tag and opened in 2017.