A €38.4m complex funded by the state
Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister, Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo, launched construction work in Ouagadougou on Tuesday 22 September on a ground-plus-five sports hotel and a range of associated facilities at the Étalons Multi-Sport Training Centre (COMET), located in the Ouaga 2000 district.
The total cost of the project amounts to approximately €38.4m (XOF 25.211 billion excluding tax), according to the Council of Ministers’ report. Approved by the government in October 2025, the project is funded entirely from the Burkinabè state budget.
Led by the Ministry of Sports, Youth and Employment, the works have been awarded to EM2S Faso SARL. Supervision and monitoring of the works are being carried out by several specialist bodies. The construction period has been set at 15 months.
In Ouagadougou itself, the hotel market is also attracting private-sector interest: the Burkinabè capital was among the African destinations announced by TemptingPlaces Collection in its development pipeline, in partnership with Sirah Hotels & Resorts.
300 rooms at the heart of an integrated training centre
The centrepiece of the programme is a sports hotel with five upper floors and 300 rooms. It will be complemented by an administrative building, a medical and paramedical unit, a restaurant, a multi-sport court and changing rooms.
The site will also feature a spectator stand, as well as dedicated football and gymnasium facilities. Additional pitches and ancillary facilities, along with roads and utility networks, are planned to complete the development.
The authorities’ stated objective is to bring together on a single site all the functions required to prepare elite athletes: accommodation, training, catering, sports medicine and administration.
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By bringing the accommodation of its national teams in-house, Burkina Faso is opting for a captive hotel model attached to a public sports facility, rather than relying on commercial hotels in the capital. The approach echoes that of Morocco, whose national team was based at the Mohammed VI Football Complex in Maâmora while the other AFCON 2025 squads were spread across international chain hotels, as detailed in the list of 24 hotels selected by the Confederation of African Football. Across the continent, the link between sports infrastructure and hotel supply is growing stronger. In Senegal, the former Radisson Blu Diamniadio, which notably hosted the national team during its training camps, is passing under the management of the family-owned Terrou-Bi group, as recently reported by La Tribune de l’Hôtellerie on the takeover of the Terrou-Bi Diamniadio.
At a glance by The Hospitality Tribune
Burkina Faso breaks ground on a 300-room sports hotel in Ouagadougou
Project: 6-storey (G+5) sports hotel within the COMET national training centre, Ouaga 2000
Investment: XOF 25.2 billion excl. tax (approx. €38.4m), fully state-funded
Scope: administrative building, medical unit, restaurant, multi-sport court, stands, football and gym facilities
Contractor: EM2S Faso SARL – construction period of 15 months
Goal: bring accommodation, training and sports medicine for national teams onto a single site
