Oleai Sports Complex is a multi-use
stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
in
Saipan
Saipan ( ch, Sa’ipan, cal, Seipél, formerly in es, Saipán, and in ja, 彩帆島, Saipan-tō) is the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands, a Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), commonwealth of the United States in the western Pa ...
on the western Pacific Ocean
Northern Mariana Islands. It is currently used mostly for
football
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matches. The stadium has a capacity of 2,000 people.
[Details for Oleai Sports Complex, Saipan](_blank)
World Stadia.com. Retrieved 2011-05-23.[Northern Marianas Islands: venue](_blank)
Soccerway. Retrieved 2011-05-23. The surface is grass with an athletics track around the perimeter.
[Oleai soccer field undergoes maintenance](_blank)
, ''Marianas Variety'', 2010-12-31. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
Usage
The complex is run by the government of the Northern Mariana Islands.
[Business as usual at Oleai Sports Complex](_blank)
, ''Saipan Tribune'', 2010-10-23. Retrieved 2011-05-23. A weight room and a
gymnasium are located on the site, the gymnasium hosting basketball, badminton and volleyball matches.
The complex was used for the 2nd Micronesia Athletics Championships in 2005 and has been used as a training facility by visiting athletics teams.
[''NMA hosts Japanese Team in Saipan'', Oceania Athletics, 2005-12-20. Retrieved 2011-05-23.] The complex also hosts little league baseball competitions.
[NIMO donates trash bins to Oleai complex](_blank)
, ''Saipan Tribune'', 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
References
Football venues in the Northern Mariana Islands
Athletics (track and field) venues in the Northern Mariana Islands
National stadiums
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