Sheikh Amri Abeid Memorial Stadium is a

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used for multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a design philosophy that stres ...

in Kaloleni ward of

Arusha Arusha is a city in Tanzania. The city is the Capital city, capital of the Arusha Region. It has a population of 617,631 people.

Arusha Region Arusha Region () is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative Regions of Tanzania, regions and is located in the northeast of the country. The region's capital and largest city is the city of Arusha. The region is bordered by Kajiado County and Narok C ...

Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...

. It is named after the Tanzanian cleric, politician and poet

Kaluta Amri Abeid Kaluta Amri Abeid (Kaluta Amri Abedi, Sheikh Amri Abeid Kaluta, Sheikh Kaluta, 1924–1964) was a Tanzanian Muslim cleric (Sheikh), civil servant, politician and poet. Biography Kaluta Amri Abeid was the second Minister of Justice of Tanganyika ...

and is currently used mostly for

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matches and serves as the home venue for

Arusha FC Arusha City F.C. is a Tanzanian football club from Arusha. Its home games are played at Sheikh Amri Abeid Memorial Stadium. The team played in the Tanzanian Premier League The Tanzania Mainland Premier League () is a top-level Tanzania, Tanzania ...

. The stadium was the host of the

2011 Kilimanjaro Bowl The 2011 Global Kilimanjaro Bowl was the first college football game played on the continent of Africa. The game at the Sheikh Amri Abeid Memorial Stadium in Arusha, Tanzania was played on May 21, 2011, due to the seasonal difference in Africa, f ...

, the first

American football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

game played on the continent of Africa. It holds 20,000 people.

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