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Kalinga Stadium

Kalinga Stadium
Location Bidyut Marg, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Coordinates 20°17′27″N 85°49′30″E / 20.290917°N 85.824991°E / 20.290917; 85.824991Coordinates: 20°17′27″N 85°49′30″E / 20.290917°N 85.824991°E / 20.290917; 85.824991
Owner Government of Odisha
Operator Sports Authority of Odisha
Capacity 55,000
Construction
Broke ground 2008
Built 2010
Opened 2010
Tenants
BBSR (rugby union, some games)
Samaleswari Sporting Club (football)

The Kalinga Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Built in 2010, it has facilities for athletics, soccer, field hockey, basketball, tennis, table tennis and swimming. Other features of the stadium includes an 8-lane synthetic athletics track, a sports hostel, gymnasium and the India's first newly built olympic standard pink and blue hockey turf. Kalinga Stadium serves as the home ground for Hockey India League franchise, Kalinga Lancers and I-League 2nd Division franchise, Samaleswari Sporting Club. The Kalinga Stadium is finalized to host the 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup.


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