Kalinga Stadium
The Kalinga Stadium is a multi-purpose international sports complex in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Its foundation stone was laid by the former chief minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik in 1978. It is best known as the home ground of the Indian Super League club Odisha FC since its inception in 2019. It was the home ground of the I-League club Indian Arrows from 2018 until 2022. It is situated in the heart of Bhubaneswar near Nayapalli area. It has facilities for athletics, football, field hockey, tennis, table tennis, basketball, volleyball, wall climbing and swimming. Other features of the stadium includes an 8-lane synthetic athletics track, high performance centres, and India's first Olympic standard pink and blue water-based AstroTurf.
Aerial view of the Kalinga Stadium during an ISL match in 2019, with the Hockey stadium in the top right corner and the practice Pitch 1 the top left corner | |
| Location | Bidyut Marg, Bhubaneswar, Odisha |
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| Coordinates | 20.290917°N 85.824991°E |
| Owner | Government of Odisha |
| Operator | Sports and Youth Services (DSYS) |
| Capacity | Kalinga Stadium: 12,000 Kalinga Hockey Stadium: 16,000 |
| Record attendance | 15,000 (2017 Asian Athletics Championships) |
| Field size | 109 m × 72 m (358 ft × 236 ft) |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1978 |
| Opened | 1978 |
| Tenants | |
| India men's national field hockey team India women's national field hockey team India national football team India women's national football team Odisha Hockey Team Odisha football team Odisha women's football team Indian Arrows (2018–2022) Odisha FC (2019–present) Sports Odisha | |
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