The National stadium is located in Surulere, the center of Nigeria’s most populous state Lagos. The Stadium was built in 1961 and has a capacity of 55,000 with a record attendance of 85,000 people.
Let me take you on a tour…
Main bowl
Entrance gate
Beautiful exit gate
Atlas style sculpture by the entrance wall of the stadium
Panoramic view of the main bowl
Olympic size swimming pool
Panoramic view of outdoors Tennis courts
Outdoors Tennis Courts with players
Fancy see through fence
Sculpture of Nigerian Legendary footballer Samuel Okwaraji who dies while playing for the National team in 1989
Indoor stadium
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This is really cool @MrFreez , I especially like the gate with the two faces on it, it’s awesome!
Is it still being used for big games?
I’m just letting you know that I have relabelled your post to Travel, as it seems a better fit here being about the stadium as an attraction.
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Fantastic @MrFreez . Thank you for the sneak peek into the National Stadium. I’ve been there a couple of times for physical exercise but never knew the swimming pool was very functional. Wow! I just knew better. 
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Thank you @MortenSI for the compliment and advice, I will take a look Welcome to the Local Stories board .
The Stadium truly has a lot of beautiful sites. Unfortunately the main bowl is scheduled for renovation hence has been shut down.
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Thank you @Mayford . It was quite an eye opener when i decided to take a tour of the stadium.
The swimming pool is open to the public for N1,000.00 for unlimited time a day. You can also get swim wears to buy. The pool progresses from 6 to 10 feet deep too.
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Wow! @MrFreez I just found my next destination for swim lessons. :)) Thank you!!!
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Hopefully it will come out looking better than ever @MrFreez !
Is this the stadium that has been used for national football matches as well?
Hopefully it will come out better.
Other stadiums are currently being used for national matches while this is closed @MortenSI
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I bet this place was buzzing back in the days when the national team was playing @MrFreez . I would have loved to see a match in this stadium with a legend like Jay Jay Okocha on the pitch.
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