STADIUM STATUS : Akwa Ibom Stadium

Let's be honest here, just like most other things, Architecture in Nigeria is still developing with little or nothing ground breaking yet to showcase most especially our Stadiums. However, the Akwa Ibom Government saw the opportunity to finally build an Internationally standard Stadium that would be suitable for global events while it rides on the back of its already existing plans on tourism. The Akwa Ibom Stadium was designed to seat up to 30000 people with the facility including a hospital suite, bullet proof viewing box for 70 people, dressing room, sick bay, and of course a parking lot for all stadium users. Constructed by Julius Berger in partnership with experts from the Thyssen Krupp Group, they used 6900 processed Satinice Plexiglas panels supplied by Thyssen Krupp Plastics Austria, to clad most of the building. The panels were cut under very high precision into triangles with some having perforations and others without. They were finished on both sides with a satin finish which gently diffuses light while it prevents them from yellowing and fading from exposure to our tropical sun.

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