Changlimithang Stadium
| Changlimithang National Stadium | |
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| Changlimithang Stadium | |
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| Archery at Changlimithang Stadium, February 27, 2005 | |
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 Thimphu , Bhutan
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| Coordinates | 27 ° 28 '17.1 " N , 89 ° 38' 27.8" E |
| opening | 1974 |
| Renovations | 2007 |
| surface | artificial grass |
| costs | 223 million NU |
| capacity | 25,000 seats |
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The Changlimithang National Stadium is a stadium in Thimphu , Bhutan . It is currently mainly used for soccer games , archery competitions and cricket . It was also the place where Bhutan's first open-air theater performance, A Tale of Two Cities, took place.
history
The 15,000-seat stadium was built in 1974 for the coronation of the fourth Druk Gyalpos , Jigme Singye Wangchuck . It initially had a capacity of 10,000 spectators. This was increased to 15,000 during a renovation in 2007. The occasion was the centenary of the Wangchuck dynasty , which has ruled Bhutan since 1907, and the impending coronation of the fifth Druk Gyalpo, Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck , on November 6, 2008.
In 1885 Ugyen Wangchuk put down the last uprising of the unrest that had lasted since 1882 on this site. The area with an area of around 11 hectares has served as a place for public events since the time of the third Druk Gyalpo, Jigme Dorje Wangchuck .
Trivia
Johan Kramer's documentary The Other Endgame was partly filmed at Changlimithang Stadium. The film was about a football match between the two worst-placed teams on the FIFA rankings at the time, Bhutan and Montserrat . Bhutan, which is in 202nd place, won 4-0 against the 203rd in the world rankings, Montserrat.
Web links
- Bhutan Broadcasting Service: Historic Changlimithang stadium inaugurated ( Memento from September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ); Report dated October 13, 2007
- Bhutan Excursions: Changlimithang Stadium & Archery Ground ( Memento from July 29, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ); Article December 24, 2008
- FootballFans.eu: Changlimithang National Stadium
- Football temple : Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu ( Memento from May 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Soccerway: Changlimithang National Stadium
- Stadium Database: Changlimithang Stadium
- Visit Bhutan: posts with label Changlimithang Ground
- Wildlife: Bhutan, Thimphu, Changlimithang Stadium
- Worldstadia: Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu ( Memento from July 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- World stadiums: Changlimithang Stadium
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bhutan Excursions ( Memento of July 29, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) and Bhutan Broadcasting Service ( Memento of September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) name a capacity of 25,000 places.
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↑ K2: Changlimithang ground . ( Memento of August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Kuensel Online , June 9, 2008, accessed on September 23, 2015.
Historic Changlimithang stadium inaugurated . ( Memento of September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Bhutan Broadcasting Service , October 13, 2007, accessed on September 23, 2015. - ↑ IMDb : The Other Endgame (2003)