Birsa Munda stadium to be ready by October

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Rourkela, May 10: Following the success of Men’s Hockey World Cup 2018, Odisha is now gearing up to host the second consecutive Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023 in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela.
While the existing iconic Kalinga Hockey stadium in Bhubaneswar has 15,000 seating capacity, the state is building a new hockey stadium, the Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela with 20,000 seating capacity making it India’s largest hockey stadium.
A state government official on Tuesday said that the construction work of the Birsa Munda stadium is still on and it will be completed by October this year. “Afterwards the FIH (International Hockey Federation) officials will come here for inspection and then there will be a test event, ahead of the World Cup, to clear it,” the official said.
Named after freedom fighter ‘Birsa Munda’ this stadium with all modern hockey facilities ever designed to host the hockey World Cup, will be a sporting marvel. The design is inspired by the Colosseum. As per the project design, the new hockey stadium will be a model of green, functional, cost-effective design. Designed to deliver the best match day experience, each seat in the stadium will have uninterrupted sightlines. The spectators will be closer to the pitch than at any other hockey stadium in the world.
Like the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Birsa Munda International stadium will provide a much-needed boost to the hockey infrastructure of the place paving the way for creating hockey champions from this belt. (IANS)

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