Anna Stadium
# Anna Stadium

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The Anna Stadium is a stadium at the Anna Sports Complex located in the Indian city of Tiruchirappalli. The main football and athletics stadium, Anna Stadium, has a capacity of 10,000. Constructed in 1970, it is spread over an area of 31.25 acres (12.65 ha). The complex also houses a multi-purpose indoor stadium and has separate courts for sports such as tennis, badminton, basketball, football, kabaddi, hockey, and volleyball. The complex is located in Khajamalai, a suburb of Tiruchirappalli.

## History

The stadium was built by the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu in 1970 at a cost of ₹3 crore (equivalent to ₹147 crore or US$18 million in 2023) funded by the state government. The synthetic turf imported from Netherlands, was laid in two weeks by a professional from England. In 2011, construction of a new multi-purpose stadium at a cost of ₹1.77 crore (US$220,000) was started. In 2015, improvements to the indoor stadium, with wooden flooring were made. A new eight-lane synthetic athletic track, volleyball court, floodlights for the facilities and a new girls hostel were also installed. The total cost of the expansion was ₹12 crore (US$1.5 million). With this, Trichy became the fourth city in Tamil Nadu after Chennai, Coimbatore, and Madurai to have such facility for athletics.

## Facilities

The main athletics stadium, the Anna Stadium, has a capacity of 10,000. It also has an Astro turf hockey ground and an eight-lane 400 metres (1,300 ft) synthetic athletic track. The stadium also includes a gymnasium named Anna Indoor Stadium, swimming pool and a sports hostel. A multi-purpose indoor stadium inside the complex has courts for basketball, volleyball, badminton and handball. It has a capacity of 2,000.

