The Ministry of Youth, Sport and Arts says it is positioning the National Heroes Stadium to become a modern, multi-purpose economic and cultural hub for Lusaka.
Ministry’s National Heroes Stadium Director Raphael Mulenga said the ministry is exploring major investment opportunities on the vast land surrounding the facility.
Mr Mulenga said plans are underway to develop a shopping complex, bus station, fuel station and other commercial facilities to make services more accessible for the thousands of people who use the stadium.
He said the ministry will rely on the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model, stressing that they do not intend to depend solely on government funding on the projects.
Mr Mulenga said the initiative mirrors international trends where stadiums operate as cities within cities, housing food courts, retail spaces, sports galleries and other attractions.
Mr Mulenga added that the ministry will also modernize and redesign the Gabon Disaster Memorial, into a museum-style national heritage and tourism facility.
Mr Mulenga noted that the ongoing works are extensive and will be implemented in phases due to limited resources.
The media reports that Mr Mulenga has since invited private-sector partners to submit proposals, stating that land is available and the ministry is eager to collaborate.
Dream on certainly
In most developed countries stadia are a congregation of business ventures including shopping malls, restaurants, hotels, conference centres, etc. I thought that was the plan for Ndola. Where are the entrepreneurs? And government of course to facilitate business ventures
That’s true.
Initiative palibe mu africa.
Clever Businesses take the opportunity of huge crowds to sell various products from mineral water to cars right at the stadium. Why did the US bid for the world cup a second time? It lifts the economy. Imwe you are turning Levy and Heroes into white elephants.
Clever businesses would have set up battery manufacturing plants in Luapula and copperbelt because of nearby lithium and copper and cobalt deposits. But we are waiting for a clever investor to come from Europe. Yaba!
It feels like shoveling food down the throat. With all that traffic, how much more congestion would you like to continue seeing in the waterlogged city. Is Lusaka the only city or town pa Zed? Do we even have educated town planners. Why can’t anyone have a brain to be strategic when it comes to development or investment? Do you even think how great a town Kapiri Mposhi can be with right development and investment? Learn to think beyond you daily thinking.
Kairi is the most missed opportunity in Zambia. By now it should have had an intertown bus stop, railwaystop, airport even a dry port but lazy politicians just pass by watching women selling groundnuts
*Kapiri is
…a very great location.