COASTAL Union's decision to use Arusha's Sheikh Amri Abeid Stadium as a temporary home stadium for the side's NBC Premier League matches has won the admiration of the Arusha Regional Football Association (ARFA).

The ARFA has, as a result, happily welcomed the move.

Zakayo Mjema, ARFA chairman, made such revelation while speaking to The Guardian recently. 

He said that ARFA perceives Coastal Union as the NBC Premier League club located in the Northern Zone.

For that matter, Mjema pointed out his association is duty bound to take the club's decision as a good move and promised to provide maximum support. 

"We don't have any Premier League team in Arusha, with Coastal Union having decided to use Sheikh Amri Abeid Stadium, we congratulate them because we have added another team that is currently using this stadium under the Tanzania Premier League Board (TPBL) supervision," the official noted.

"Currently, Arusha-based NBC Championship League teams, TMA FC and Mbuni FC, are using the stadium," Mjema revealed.

Coastal Union's information officer Abbas Elisabri confirmed his team's move to Sheikh Amri Abeid Stadium after a brief use of Dar es Salaam's KMC Complex.

The official said the decision was brought about by the fact that his club's home venue, CCM Mkwakwani Stadium located in Tanga, has temporarily been closed for minor renovations.

According to Mkwakwani Stadium's manager Nassoro Makau, CCM's Tanga regional chairman, Rajabu Abdulrahman disbursed 50m/- for renovation, adding the facelift is expected to be completed in December. 

Since Coastal Union SC decided to use the KMC Complex in Kinondoni, it had featured in three matches at the venue.

Coastal Union SC won one game, lost one, and drew one clash.