30 June Stadium
Stadium located in Cairo, Egypt
30 June Stadium is a stadium in Cairo, Egypt. It has a capacity of 30,000 people.[1] It was built by the Egyptian Air Defense Forces.
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The stadium is used by the Egyptian Premier League club Pyramids FC, and was one of the stadiums which hosted 2019 Africa Cup of Nations matches.
On 8 February 2015, 20 football fans died from a stampede when the crowd panicked after police used tear gas to clear the fans trying to force their way into the stadium.[2]
References
change- ↑ "Venues - Premier League - Egypt". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ↑ Kirkpatrick, David D.; Thomas, Merna (8 February 2015). "Soccer Stadium Stampede Kills at Least 25 in Egypt". The New York Times.