An international friendly recently took place between Argentina and Venezuela at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Let us have a look at the Stadium and the comparisons in terms of capacity with the well known football stadiums of the world.
Former name: Yuva Bharati Krirangan
Opened: January 1984
Owner: Indian Football Association
Surface: Astroturf
Architect: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Capacity: 120,000
Field dimensions: 105 × 68 metres
Tenants: East Bengal (1984-present)
Mohun Bagan (1984-present)
Prayag United (1984-present)
Salt Lake Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal.
The stadium is the second largest non-auto racing stadium in the world and the largest in the Indian sub-continent. It is currently used for football matches and athletics. The stadium was built in 1984 and holds 120,000 people in a three-tier configuration.
The Salt Lake Stadium hosts the home games of local clubs Mohun Bagan A.C., Kingfisher East Bengal F.C., Prayag United S.C. and Mohammedan SC, three of the big clubs in Indian football. The traditional Kolkata derbies between East Bengal and Mohun Bagan AC take place in this stadium accompanied by much fanfare and feverish emotions (and on a few occasions, outbreaks of violence). Most of these matches are attended by capacity crowds of supporters of both teams.
The stadium was also host to Oliver Kahn's final official match for Bayern Munich when they played a friendly match against Mohun Bagan; Bayern won 3-0.
Lets look at the comparisons of the Salt Lake Stadium with the well known football stadiums of the world.
Name Capacity City
Salt Lake Stadium 120,000 Kolkata
Camp Nou 99,354 Barcelona
Wembley Stadium 90,000 London
Old Trafford 75,957 Manchester
Stadio Olimpico 72,698 Rome
Allianz Arena 69,901 Munich
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