PSA Phuentsholing Stadium
| Phuentsholing Football Ground | |
| Full name | PSA Phentsholing Football Stadium |
|---|---|
| Location |
Phuentsholing Bhutan |
| Owner | Phuentsholing Sport Association (PSA) |
| Operator | Phuentsholing |
| Type | Sport venue |
| Capacity | 5000 |
| Field shape | rectangular |
| Surface | Grass, Sand(-2016) Artificial turf(2016-) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 2016 |
| Opened | 2011 |
| Renovated | 2009 |
| Expanded | 2009 |
| Tenants | |
| Phuentsholing F.C. | |
Phuentsholing Football Ground is a 5000-seated football stadium. The Bhutan Olympic Committee instigated a major sport venue construction project in 2016 which included the insertion of multiple additions to the Phuentshilong Football Ground. Opened to the public in summer 2011, the field was previously prepared for paddy transplantations by the local footballers.
It is the only recreational venue in Phuentsholing as the annual inter-departmental football department start date depends solely on when the PSA Football Ground is ready for usage.
Preparatory work on the stadium was needed as it was hosting an event to celebrate Bhutan's monarch Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.
Hosting the 2011 Bhutan Monsoon Tournament, more fixtures were played irrespective of the rainfall reducing the pitch to a desolate field of uprooted grass roots which was a problem in the monsoon season.
Artificial turf was built to supplant the sand pitch, costing a budget of 16.5 million Bhutanese ngultrums.
2017
A V-shaped drain was constructed as well as the laying of paved blocks. Around 90428 Bhutanese ngultrums were paid to the contractors in accordance with the instruction to the bidders.
2009-2010
A facelift of the PSA Football Ground started in 2009 which saw a three-sided public gallery that could contain 5000 people. A considerable sum of 9.8 million Bhutanese ngultrums was provided in assistance to the project from the Asian Development Bank.
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