Kalinga Stadium

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Location	Bidyut Marg,Bhubaneswar,Odisha, India
Coordinates	20°17′17″N85°49′26″E / 20.288062739324612°N 85.82381948305955°E /20.288062739324612; 85.82381948305955
Owner	Government of Odisha
Operator	Sports and Youth Services (DSYS)
Capacity	Kalinga Stadium: 15,000[1][2] Kalinga Hockey Stadium: 16,000[3]
Record attendance	15,000 (2017 Asian Athletics Championships)
Field size	109 m × 72 m (358 ft × 236 ft)
Surface	Natural grass
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)[4] Odisha FC (2019–present) Sports Odisha

TheKalinga Stadium is amulti-purpose international sports complex inBhubaneswar,Odisha,India. Its foundation stone was laid byBiju Patnaik in 1978. It is best known as the home ground of theIndian Super League clubOdisha FC since its inception in2019. It was the home ground of theI-League clubIndian Arrows from2018 until2022. It is situated in the heart of Bhubaneswar near Nayapalli area. It has facilities forathletics,football,field hockey,tennis,table tennis,basketball,volleyball,wall climbing andswimming.^[5][6][7] Other features of the stadium include an 8-lane synthetic athletics track, high performance centres, and India's first Olympic standard pink and blue water-basedAstroTurf.^[8]

TheGovernment of Odisha gained widespread reputation for the successful execution of the "90-Day Challenge" for hosting the2017 Asian Athletics Championships when the former venueRanchi backed out of hosting the event 3 months prior.^[9] The city of Bhubaneswar has been termed as the 'Sports Capital of India' for hosting a large number as well as a wide variety of sporting events and nurturing future talents.^[10][11][12] As per a 2021 survey, Bhubaneswar was ranked 3rd among top 5 cities of India in terms of sports ecosystem and ability to host mega sporting events.^[13]

The stadium had been chosen as a venue for the2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup which was later postponed to 2021 but was cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic and later shifted to2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. It was initially chosen as a venue for the2022 AFC Women's Asia Cup in 2021 but was later dropped off.

• Abhinav Bindra Targeting Performance (ABTP)^[17]
• Shuttle byDalmia Bharat^[18]
• JSW Swimming HPC
• Khelo India State Centre of Excellence (KISCE) for Athletics, Hockey, and Weightlifting
• KJS Ahluwalia and Tenvic Sports HPC for Weightlifting^[19]
• Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High Performance Centre (ONTHHPC)
• OdishaAditya Birla andGagan Narang Shooting HPC
• Reliance Foundation Odisha Athletics HPC
• SAI Regional Badminton Academy^[20]
• Udaan Badminton Academy^[21]
• AIFF High Performance Centre^[22]
• AIFF-FIFA High Performance Centre^[23]
• AM/NS Gymnastics High Performance Centre^[24]
• AM/NS Kho Kho High Performance Centre^[25]
• Tata Steel Archery & Sports Climbing HPC^[26]

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• Odisha official websiteArchived 6 January 2023 at theWayback Machine
• India official website^{[permanent dead link]}
• Odisha Naval Tata Hockey HPC official websiteArchived 30 April 2022 at theWayback Machine

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