Gachibowli Stadium
| GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium | |
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| Interior view of the Gachibowli Stadium (2012) | |
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 Gachibowli , Hyderabad , Telangana , India
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| Coordinates | 17 ° 26 '46.4 " N , 78 ° 20' 39.1" E |
| owner | Sports Authority of Telangana State (SATS) |
| operator | SATS |
| start of building | 2002 |
| opening | 2003 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 32,000 seats |
| playing area | 105 × 68 m |
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The Gachibowli Stadium (also: GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium; Telugu జి. ఎం. సి. బాలయోగి అథ్లెటిక్ స్టేడియం ) is a football stadium with an athletics facility in Gachibowli , a suburb of the Indian city of Hyderabad , capital of Telangana state . The stadium also bears the name of the lawyer and politician G. MC Balayogi , who was killed in a helicopter crash in March 2002.
history
The stadium, inaugurated in 2003, has 32,000 seats. There is also an eight-lane 400-meter-long synthetic track , a ten-lane 100-meter-long sprinter track on the home straight and a four-lane warm-up track. Inside the athletics track is a playing field made of natural grass with a size of 105 × 68 m. It is mostly used for soccer games.
The first Afro-Asian Games were held in Hyderabad in 2003 and the stadium was the main venue, as was the fourth Summer Military World Games in 2007. The Gachibowli Stadium was next to the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium and the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi Venue of the AFC Challenge Cup 2008 .
gallery
The floodlit stadium in Hyderabad (2006)
The Gachibowli Stadium (2012)
Web links
- worldstadiums.com: Pictures (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ worldstadiums.com: Stadium capacity ( memento of the original from September 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ timesofindia.indiatimes.com: Gachibowli stadium now open for non-sporting events Article from July 31, 2011 (English)
