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235:, Shao Kaipeng of the "Hebei Construction Group," the Chinese construction firm that is renovating the SKD, pleaded with Liberians to maintain the stadium. Shao said, "I do not understand why people will come to watch game and break the things that can make the stadium beautiful; why will they throw garbage on the stadium?" and requested that the government hire more people to clean the stadium and to provide security after games.
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In May 2015 the ETU was decommissioned after treating 10 confirmed cases and admitting 110 patients. The 20-room facility and its more than 920,000 items, including more than 1,500 kinds of medical instruments and materials worth approximately $ 7 million, was turned over to the
Liberian government.
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October 2013, another agreement was signed between the governments of Liberia and China funding a $ 18 million (~$ 23.2 million in 2023) renovation of the stadium. The plans for the second renovation included the practice pitch and tennis courts that were not repaired six years earlier. In
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The stadium has had frequent problems with overcrowding, due on at least one occasion to illegal ticket sales. In 2008, eight people died of suffocation following a football match, and in 2014, spectators were reported to have fainted.
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The stadium has been the site of international concerts, national political events, and multiple World Cup qualifying matches. In 1988, the Reggae
Sunsplash concert was held in SKD. The 24-hour long event featured
187:, thousands sought refuge in the stadium. On 24 June 2003, following the breakdown of a cease fire, there were a reported 58,000 IDPs in the stadium, more than 5% of Monrovia's estimated 1,000,000 residents.
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Liberia, its spectator capacity is 22,000.
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