Stade Général Seyni Kountché (SGSK)[1] is a multi-purpose stadium in Niamey, Niger.
Opened in 1989 on the site of the former Stade du 29 Juillet, it underwent a large Chinese government funded renovation and expansion into a multi-use complex in 1999.
[4] The large athletic stadium is part of a larger multiuse complex which includes the Palais des Sports 3000 seat indoor arena,[1] the Academy of Martial Arts of 2,000 seats,[1] as well as performance spaces, thirty meeting rooms, and athletic training facilities.
It has been the centrepoint of recent large cultural and sporting events such as the 2005 Jeux de la Francophonie and the 2009 first CEN-SAD Games.
[6][7] For large events such as these, the stadium is supplemented by local facilities such as the Stade Municipal de Niamey, Centre aéré de la BCEAO, the Nigerien Football Federation training centre, ASFAN's military stadium at Bagagi Iya army base, and fields at local institutions such as lycée La Fontaine (Niamey), the sports centre at Abdou Moumouni Dioffo University, and the fields at lycée technique Issa Béri.