margao union minister of state for youth affairs and sports kiren rijiju along with goa chief minister pramod sawant inaugurated the newly constructed multipurpose indoor stadium at navelim on saturday the facility one of the venues to host the forthcoming 36th national games was named after former late chief minister manohar parrikarfour other stadiums at campal sawalwada fatorda and ponda were digitally inaugurated at the same time the construction and refurbishment cost for all stadiums is estimated to be around rs 120 crore while goa will be spending a total of rs 750 crore to host the games the stadium is fantastic and i am happy with the infrastructure goa has put up for the games it is a great asset for the hosts goa has many good infrastructures rijiju said i had a review meeting with sawant and i can say that national games will be one of the best as the chief minister has taken a keen interest in it goa has organised big events in the past and will continue to do so the central government has certain responsibility to take some burden and the state is doing everything in its capacity we have to work together and ioa is working closely with the goa government he said drawing attention towards sports rijiju emphasised that india has to change and become a force in sports we are trying to create a sports culture we havent achieved in the field of sports as per our potential india has a great tradition of sports but we dont have a sports culture like goa and northeast have for football sports is a way of life and we havent done so we have to change he said the 48yearold minister from arunachal pradesh urged people to support sports too in some disciplines we host international events but not even 5 of the stadiums are filled how will sports become a culture many people say cricket gets money others dont start watching other sports and money will come if you play football and stadiums are packed there will be competition to pour money in it is up to the people the government doesnt give money to cricket people want cricket and cricket gets money we can only create platform it is up to you he said