JRD Tata Sports Complex

JRD Tata Sports Complex
Full name JRD Tata Sports Complex
Former names JRD Tata Sports Complex Stadium
Location Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, Sangrur, Punjab
Owner Tata Group
Operator Tata Group
Capacity 40,000
Surface Astroturf
Tenants
Tata Football Academy


The JRD Tata Sports Complex Stadium is a stadium in Jamshedpur, India. It is currently used mostly for football matches and athletics competitions. The stadium holds 40,000 spectators for football matches.

History

The JRD Tata Sports Complex Stadium is the largest sports arena in Jamshedpur, India. As a multi-use stadium, it provides athletes facilities to board, train and compete in the same sports arena. The complex has an international size football pitch with an eight-lane mono-synthetic running track around the field.

It is primarily used for football and athletics but it has facilities for various other sports including Archery, Basketball, Field Hockey, Handball, swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, Volleyball. It has a full service fitness center which is free for resident athletes and is accessible to the citizens of Jamshedpur for a fee. This sports complex is also used for conducting the Annual Sports Day of many reputed schools in Jamshedpur.

The sports complex is also the headquarters for the Tata Chess Centre and Tata Archery Academy. It also has a world class swimming pool in it complex. Apart from that a significant exhibition football match was played between the São Paulo Football Club and mohammeden sporting club in 2006.

Facilities

JRD Tata Sports Complex

References

    Coordinates: 22°48′21.68″N 86°11′36.73″E / 22.8060222°N 86.1935361°E / 22.8060222; 86.1935361

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