The Anna Stadium is a
multi-purpose stadium
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at the Anna Sports Complex located in the Indian city of
Tiruchirappalli
Tiruchirappalli (), also known as Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with being the best livable and the cleanest city of T ...
. It is mainly used for
football
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matches and
athletic events. It has a capacity of 10,000. It also has eight-lane synthetic athletic track.
History
The stadium was built by the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu in 1970 at a cost of
funded by the state government. The synthetic turf imported from
Netherlands
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, was laid in two weeks by a professional from England.
In 2011, construction of a new multi-purpose stadium at a cost of was started.
A new eight-lane synthetic athletic track were also installed. The total cost of the expansion was . With this, Trichy became the fourth city in Tamil Nadu after
Chennai
Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...
,
Coimbatore
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, and
Madurai
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to have such facility for athletics.
See also
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Kalyani Stadium
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Mangala Stadium
References
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