| සුගතදාස ක්රිඩාංගණය சுகததாஸ விளையாட்டரங்கம் | |
 The stadium on a matchday | |
  Sugathadasa Stadium Location within Colombo Municipality | |
| Location | Colombo,Sri Lanka |
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| Coordinates | 6°56′53″N79°52′07″E / 6.94806°N 79.86861°E /6.94806; 79.86861 |
| Owner | Sugathadasa National Sports Complex Authority[1] |
| Capacity | 25,000[2] |
| Surface | Grass (Desso), Track (Mondo) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 16 January 1957 (1957-01-16) |
| Opened | 16 December 1962 (1962-12-16) |
| Renovated | 2024-2026 with capacity 50,000 |
| Tenants | |
| Colombo FC Renown SC Sri Lanka national rugby union team Sri Lanka national football team Colombo Lions | |
Sugathadasa Stadium is amulti-purpose stadium inColombo,Sri Lanka. It is currently used forfootball,rugby union, andathletics. The stadium holds 25,000 people and has an on-site hotel.
The concept of an outdoor sporting stadium was initially raised byV. A. Sugathadasa, theMayor of Colombo (1956–57, 1963–65), the country's firstMinister of Sports (1966–70) and Chairman of the National Olympic and Commonwealth Games Committee.[3] Construction of the stadium commenced on 16 January 1957 and was completed on 16 December 1962.[4][5] The stadium was named after Sugathadasa, as he donated the land it was built on.[6]
In 1991, an indoor stadium was constructed on the site by theMitsui Company for the1991 South Asian Games, and was opened by President Ranasinghe Premadasa.
The 1991 and2006South Asian Games were held in Sugathadasa Stadium. It also hosted the majority of matches for the2010 AFC Challenge Cup. The 2010IIFA Awards took place here. In 2012, the stadium was home to theElite Football League of India. In 2002 it hosted theAsian Athletics Championships.
The track was first laid in around 1989 and relaid again 1996. In 2002 Rekortan track was laid, which was then relaid in 2012 by theMinistry of Sports however the track failed within two years and currently Sri Lankan athletes were lacking an international track to practice for international meets.[7][8] In 2017 theMinister of Sports,Dayasiri Jayasekara, announced the track would be relaid and was expected to open back to athletes in December 2017.[9] The Sugathadasa Authority took actions to relay the Track again in 2018 and it was reopened to the athletes with IAAF Certified Track and Field Facilities.
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