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Address: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Capacity: 12,000
Opened: 2002
Main Use: Football
Tenants: —
Abebe Bikila Stadium is a multi-purpose sports venue located in Addis Ababa, the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. With a seating capacity of 12,000, the stadium is primarily used for football and serves as an important arena for local competitions, athletics meetings, and community sports events.
Named in honor of Abebe Bikila, Ethiopia’s legendary marathon runner, the stadium symbolizes national pride and the country’s deep athletic heritage.
The venue is named after Abebe Bikila, one of the most iconic long-distance runners in Olympic history. Bikila achieved global fame after winning:
Gold medal in the marathon at the 1960 Olympic Games, running barefoot
Gold medal again in 1964, becoming the first athlete to win two consecutive Olympic marathon titles
His achievements brought worldwide attention to Ethiopian athletics and inspired generations of athletes. The stadium stands as a tribute to his legacy.
Abebe Bikila Stadium includes features designed to support football and athletic events:
12,000-seat capacity suitable for league matches and regional tournaments
Football pitch meeting domestic competition standards
Athletics track used for training and local athletics events
Spectator stands with good visibility and access
Multi-purpose design allowing the venue to host cultural and community gatherings
The stadium plays a significant role in supporting youth development programs and local sports culture in Addis Ababa.
Since its opening in 2002, Abebe Bikila Stadium has been used for:
Domestic football competitions
Regional athletics championships
Training sessions for various sporting organizations
Community sports festivals and national celebrations
The venue remains an important facility for Ethiopia’s grassroots sports development.
Over the years, Abebe Bikila Stadium has undergone improvements to ensure safety and functionality:
Renovations to seating and spectator areas
Surface maintenance for football and athletics usage
Infrastructure upgrades to meet updated competition requirements
These improvements help maintain the stadium’s role as a reliable venue for sporting events in Addis Ababa.
Abebe Bikila Stadium is a meaningful sports landmark in Ethiopia, named after a national hero and designed to support football and athletic competitions. With its 12,000-seat capacity and multi-purpose facilities, it continues to contribute to the growth of sports and community engagement in Addis Ababa.
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With the craze of sport games in the night, and more professional events are played at night, people desire for lighting to play at the very beginning so now people more concern about the quality of lighting, we believe that the glare produced by ordinary lamps can no longer meet the athletes’ pursuit of sensory experience. But now, thanks to developments in MECREE’s sports lighting technology, our precise control and anti-glare lighting makes it possible for sports men and women to perform at their best and enjoy the best sports experience.
There is increasing concern for the problems created by unwanted light at night,such as light pollution and light trespass, result in various types of complaints. Particularly with increasing awareness of environmental problems of all types, it is important that lighting designers recognize the need to control problems related to the general subjects of “Light Pollution” and “Light Trespass.” So we have tried every effort to develope a newest optical technology to solve the problem.
Currently common traditional stadium lights model for some international stadiums as below:
MVF406/1800W, HNF003, MVF401, MVF403, MVF024, EF-2000, YOA56305, YOAX56400, 2kW: HQI-TS 2000WDS, 2kW: HQI-TS 1000WDS, MHN-SA 2KW 400V/956, MHN-SB/HO 2KW 400V/956, LPW2000M/D, LPW1000MB/L, LPP2000MHN-SA, LPP2000MHN-SB.
There is big problem that traditional lamps can not cannot meet the needs of 4K and 8K high-definition broadcast and huge energy consumption.
With the strengthening of environmental lighting awareness and the pursuit of high-quality lighting, there is a trend to replace traditional lamps by high quality of LED Stadium Lights.
MECREE has launched the following series of LED Sport Stadium Lighting:
MECREE’s specially engineered precision lighting control is designed to meet the needs of such users. The polarized light range of 65-73° is defined as the P73-L and A65 series products, which deliver an unparalleled visual experience while offering access to thousands of IES profiles.
Our precisely engineered optics of polarized light aim light directly onto the field of play, to shine uniformly and to minimize glare. Outdoor venues benefit from spill light control, no more skyglow and no more complaints from the neighbors.
1. Such light shield is useless,just misleading customers.
2. As tested it will cause 30% reduction of light output
3. While 70% still have high overflow
4. Unbearable strong glare
5. Waste energy,outdated reflective technology
The power supply and lamp body can be mounted separately, reducing the withstand weight of the lamp pole and facilitating maintenance.
Customized crossarms are available to meet all your existing old poles without replacing the main rod, crossarms bolt directly to light pole, easy and accurate installation saves time, ensures performance, safety and reliability,also lower the budget.
In current sports lighting projects, high-altitude light calibration is recognized as a major efficiency bottleneck. The process carries high safety risks, is prone to aiming deviations, and involves cumbersome installation and removal procedures, making it difficult to achieve the required uniformity.
MECREE’s innovative laser aiming mount was designed precisely to address these issues. It revolutionizes the workflow through three key advantages:
Easy Installation: With a simple design, it allows rapid mounting and dismounting, significantly lowering the operational threshold.
Precise Aiming: Ensures accurate laser alignment, fundamentally guaranteeing uniform illumination and compliance with lighting standards.
Efficient Operation: Reduces labor and time costs by up to 80%. Calibrating 200 fixtures at height previously took 20 days; now the same workload can be completed in just 4 days.
Choosing MECREE means choosing a safer, more precise, and highly efficient sports lighting solution.
We are not only a manufacturer of high-power LEDs, More professional services are also included:
Through lighting simulation calculations and programming of light show designs, solutions oriented towards either visual effects or cost-effectiveness are provided. Design of Lighthouse, parameters required for building foundation, (axial force, shear force, bending force). High power generator set supporting,circuit design service,cable supply. We are your best supply chain manager! We are committed to providing you with a one-stop solution. We focus on the research, design, and manufacturing of our products, delivering customized and energy-efficient lighting system solutions for all types of sports venues and multifunctional facilities.The details are as follows:high-power sports lighting、arena night lighting retrofit、smart stadium lighting control、energy-efficient LED stadium lights、stadium lighting power supply optimization、broadcast-quality sports lighting、large venue lighting retrofit、adjustable brightness and color temperature lighting、LED floodlight installation and upgrade、stadium lighting maintenance and management、energy-saving lighting solutions for stadiums、multi-purpose venue lighting design、night game lighting optimization.
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