The Indira Gandhi Arena (officially Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium), formerly known as the Indraprashtha Stadium, is located at the Indraprastha Estate in the eastern part of New Delhi. It is the largest indoor sports arena in India and among the largest in Asia. The multi-purpose arena is regularly used by tennis club Indian Aces and DSA Senior Division Futsal League.
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| Full name | Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium |
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| Location | Indraprastha Estate, Old Delhi |
| Owner | Government of India |
| Operator | Sports Authority of India |
| Capacity | 14,348 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1 January 1982 |
| Renovated | 2010 |
| Construction cost | [unreliable source?] 240 crore |
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| Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium | |
History
editBuilt by the Government of India in 1982 in order to host the indoor games events in the 1982 Asian Games, the arena's grounds cover an area of 102 acres (0.41 km2). Since its construction, the arena hosted a number of other tournaments as well. The facility seats 14,348[1] people and is named after former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi.[2] The venue also hosts political events and music events in addition to sports events like tennis and kabaddi matches.
Since its inception, the arena has been repeatedly renovated and modernized. Equipped with soundproof synthetics walls, lighting systems, and audio system, the arena underwent another renovation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[2]
It was renovated for the 2010 Commonwealth Games at a cost of Rs. 240 crore. [1] Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
A new air-conditioned Velodrome has been built costing Rs 150 crore (U$33.76 million).[2]
The stadium hosted matches of first ever International Premier Tennis League tournament played on 6 December 2014 to 8 December 2014. Tennis club Indian Aces are tenants.
The 2023 IBA women's amateur boxing world championships took place at the stadium, from 16 March to 26 March.[3]
Other facilities
editThere are 2 other venues located in the same complex with the arena:
Indira Gandhi Indoor Cycling Velodrome is a 3,800 seater velodrome that hosted track cycling events of 2010 Commonwealth Games.[4]
The KD Jadhav Indoor Hall is a 6,000-capacity indoor stadium that hosted wrestling events for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[4] After three months without official name, it was finally named after Indian wrestler K. D. Jadhav who won Independent India's first individual medal at the Olympics i.e. a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Indira Gandhi Sports Complex | XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi". Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Indira Gandhi Arena". Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
- ^ https://boxrec.com/en/location/280281 [bare URL]
- ^ a b "Indira Gandhi Stadium Complex". Sport Authority of India. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "CWG wrestling venue re-christened as K. D. Jhadav Stadium". The Hindu. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
External links
edit- Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium at Government of Delhi
- Commonwealth Games News
- Facility information
- Commonwealth Games visitors website
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