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Mohammedan Sporting Ground, also known as Mohammedan Sporting–Howrah Union Ground, is a multi-use stadium in
Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...
,
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. It is used mostly for
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matches and is mainly the home stadium of
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. The ground has a natural grass turf. Having facilities such as commentary boxes for radio and TV, press box and air conditioned changing rooms, the stadium holds 15,000 people. It is also the home ground of Howrah Union, which it shares with Mohammedan.


About

The stadium has galleries on three sides and a rampart on the fourth side. The north side gallery is the member's gallery. The east side and south side galleries are still made of a temporary iron structure and are designated for non-member supporters. The playing pitch is about 100 x 60 meters. The club tent and main office are located adjacent to the stadium. The club tent consists of a maintained lawn, with benches.


Upgrade work

In July 2023 second phase upgrade and improvement works started. * Installing floodlight * electronic scoreboard * increase seating capacity from 15,000 to 25,000 * upgrade member gallery with ''White-Black'' (club's home colour) bucket chairs * air conditioned press room * ultra-modern gymnasium


References

Football venues in West Bengal Sports venues in Kolkata 1929 establishments in India Sports venues completed in 1929 20th-century architecture in India {{India-sports-venue-stub