World Cup Co-Host Rourkela City To Get Largest Hockey Stadium in India

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By TAZEEN QURESHY

In the run up to the Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced a new stadium in Rourkela. The stadium will be the largest hockey facility in the country, he has said.

Releasing a video message for the public, the Chief Minister said the stadium will have a seating capacity of 20,000 and all the state-of-art facilities.

Rourkela town in in Sundargarh district of Odisha, which is home of several international hockey talents such as Dilip Tirkey and Sunita Lakra.

The stadium will be a tribute to the nursery of hockey, Patnaik added.

“As a tribute to the contribution of Sundargarh to Indian Hockey, I would like to announce that we will build a new International level Hockey Stadium in Rourkela with a seating capacity of 20,000,” Chief Minister said.

The stadium along with the allied facilities will be developed as a benchmark for other Hockey stadiums around the world. Spread over 15 acres of land, the stadium will be constructed in the Biju Patnaik University of Technology campus, Rourkela.

“The stadium will have all the modern amenities and will offer a unique experience to the public. I hope it will emerge as the best venue for Field Hockey in the World,” he said.

Earlier, a team of FIH officials including its President Narinder Dhruv Batra had visited the city for reviewing the progress of the projects. The team had expressed its satisfaction over the work done so far.

Besides Rourkela, Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar will also be hosting the prestigious tournament. Kalinga Stadium had also hosted the 2018 edition of the Hockey World Cup.    

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Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik, today, announced a new world class Hockey stadium in Rourkela city which would be the biggest stadium for Hockey in India with a sitting capacity of 20 thousand.
This is going to redefine the sports landscape in the region.
 The stadium along with the allied facilities will be developed as a benchmark for other Hockey stadiums around the world. Spread over 15 acres of land, the stadium will be constructed in the Biju Patnaik University of Technology campus, Rourkela.
Announcing this in a video message, Chief Minister Sri Patnaik said, “As we have announced earlier, Odisha will once again be the proud host of the prestigious Men’s Hockey World Cup in 2023.
“As a tribute to the contribution of Sundargarh to Indian Hockey, I would like to announce that we will built a new International level Hockey Stadium in Rourkela with a seating capacity of 20,000.”
“The stadium will have all the modern amenities and will offer a unique experience. I hope it will emerge as the best venue for Field Hockey in the World, he concluded.
 Recently, a high level team including senior officials from the State Government, International Federation of Hockey (FIH), Department of Sports and Youth Services and Hockey India had visited Rourkela.
And reviewed the infrastructure and allied facilities in the city to host the prestigious and much awaited Hockey event. The work to develop synthetic hockey turf in each of the 17 blocks of Sundargarh district has already commenced.

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Anil hockey 🏑 December 24, 2020 - 1:55 pm

Great i am so happy. This will improve the profile of hockey in India

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