Lagos National Stadium
Lagos National Stadium is a multi purpose in Lagos, Nigeria that opened in 1961. Its recorded capacity is 55,000.
Key facts
Lagos National Stadium is a multi purpose in Lagos, Nigeria that opened in 1961. Its recorded capacity is 55,000. It is owned by Nigeria. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Cowrie Rugby Football Club.
- Location
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Type
- Multi purpose
- Capacity
- 55,000
- Opened
- 1961
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Nigeria
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Lagos National Stadium is at latitude 6.497056, longitude 3.364917, in Lagos, Nigeria. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 6.497056 |
| Longitude | 3.364917 |
| City | Lagos |
| Region | Lagos |
| Country | Nigeria |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
Lagos National Stadium has carried 1 recorded name. Surulere Stadium (no sponsor) ran Present.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surulere Stadium | None | Present | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Nigeria | 1961 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowrie Rugby Football Club | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
11 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 1729 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 33998 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 33998 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | alias | Nigerian Government | Nigerian government | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1370251774 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | National_Stadium,_Lagos | National Stadium, Lagos | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Surulere Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 20157 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 9159 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: