The project to build a new main stadium with a capacity of 50,000 seats and an athletics track in Thu Duc City with an area of nearly 11 hectares is highly anticipated.

At the 13th session of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council, term training, sports and culture. This makes city sports expect a breakthrough.

Of the 41 projects selected by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, the sports field accounts for 18 projects. Many of these projects invest in sports facilities that Ho Chi Minh City has been weak and lacking for decades.

Sports are of great interest

Not only does it have the most projects, sports also has up to 7 projects with investments up to trillions of dong. Of these, the largest is the project to build a new main stadium with a roof (capacity of 50,000 seats), with an athletics track in Thu Duc City with an investment of up to 7,000 billion VND.

Next is the project of a bicycle racetrack (5,000 seats) integrating a motorbike racing track and an outdoor football field in Thu Duc City with an investment of 4,000 billion VND.

The project to build a new general sports stadium has an investment of 3,000 billion VND, including a main stadium (10,000-seat grandstand) and two auxiliary stadiums combined with warm-up (1,000-seat grandstand) with an area of 3 ,63ha in Thu Duc City.

There are also 4 trillion-dollar projects such as the indoor stadium project (10,000-seat grandstand) for athletics such as javelin throwing, weightlifting, discus throwing, high jump, and pole vaulting with an investment of 1,500 billion VND.

The tennis arena project (5,000-seat grandstand) and outdoor tennis court cluster has an investment of 1,000 billion VND. The competition and practice swimming pool project has an investment of 1,000 billion VND.

The project to build a new football academy and a cluster of 6 outdoor football practice fields has an investment of 1,000 billion VND. The futsal arena (3,000-seat grandstand) has an investment of 800 billion VND.

In particular, the project of a medical and health rehabilitation center to promptly support the health of people and athletes participating in training and sports competitions has an investment of 500 billion VND.

Expectations mixed with anxiety

Over the years, Thong Nhat Stadium has deteriorated and its capacity is too small (nearly 14,400 seats after installing seats). Therefore, official matches of the Vietnamese team are rarely brought to Ho Chi Minh City to serve the needs of the city's fans.

Thong Nhat Stadium is currently preparing to renovate Stand B, increasing its capacity to about 19,000 seats. But the physical conditions and limited capacity of Thong Nhat Stadium are still preventing Ho Chi Minh City football from taking off. Not to mention, the degraded athletics track here is also another limitation.

Therefore, the project to build a new main stadium with a capacity of 50,000 seats and an athletics track in Thu Duc City with an area of nearly 11 hectares is highly anticipated.

Because the new modern stadium is not only intended to organize athletics competitions and major football tournaments in the city, domestically and internationally, but is also a catalyst for football in particular and Ho Chi Minh City sports in general to create opportunities. A breakthrough through a series of other new construction projects.

The project to build a new football academy and a cluster of 6 outdoor football practice fields with an area of 8.27 hectares in Thu Duc City helps city football hope to regain its golden age through training young, talented athletes. Sports skills for city football.

That's because the stadiums for young athletes of the talented ranks to practice are a headache for city football when they have to take turns practicing at two clusters of fields in Phu Tho, and at the same time, when it rains and floods, it is very difficult to practice.

Expert Doan Minh Xuong, who is very involved with school football in Ho Chi Minh City, welcomed the news of Ho Chi Minh City's large investment in sports with excitement: "One of the first bottlenecks for development Ho Chi Minh City's sports are its physical resources. Therefore, if in the near future, Ho Chi Minh City can invest in facilities, it will be a good sign to help the city's sports develop."

Source: Tuoi Tre Newspaper (tuoitre.vn/tp-hcm-se-xay-nhieu-san-thi-dau-nghin-ti)