Multi-sports stadium in New Delhi, India
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
is a multi-sports stadium located in
New Delhi, India
. It is named after the first
first Prime Minister of India
. Primarily a venue for
football
and
athletics
, it is an all-seater 60,254-capacity stadium, designed and constructed to meet the international standards set by the
International Federation of Association Football
(FIFA), the
Asian Football Confederation
(AFC), and the
International Association of Athletics Federations
(IAAF). It is the
fourth largest stadium in India
,
27th largest stadium in Asia
and the
103rd largest stadium in the world
, in terms of seating capacity.
The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium was originally constructed by the
Government of India
to host the athletic events and ceremonies of the
1982 Asian Games
.
[3]
It also hosted the
1989 Asian Championships in Athletics
.
[4]
The stadium was substantially renovated and modernied for the
2010 Commonwealth Games
, hosting all the track and field events and
opening
and
closing ceremonies
.
[5]
In 2010, the final cost of the renovation was announced, which was
?
961 crore
(US$210.16 million), making it as the most expensive stadium ever built in India and
South Asia
.
[6]
The stadium was redesigned by the German architectural companies
Gerkan, Marg and Partners
and
Schlaich Bergermann Partner
.
[7]
[8]
The stadium is a part of the Jawaharlal Nehru sports complex in central Delhi, which also houses the headquarters of the
Sports Authority of India
.
[9]
The stadium is used by the
India national football team
for international competition and
Indian Athletics
. From 2014 to 2019, it was the home ground of the former
Indian Super League
football club
Delhi Dynamos
. The stadium can also hold music concerts with up to 100,000 spectators, and due to its oval shape, it is suitable to host other sporting events such as cricket.
[10]
The stadium hosted some matches of the
2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
.
[11]
It was scheduled to be used as one of the venues for the
2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
.
[12]
History
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The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium was constructed by the
Government of India
to host the
1982 Asian Games
. A total of 3,411 athletes from 33
National Olympic Committees
(NOCs) participated in these games, competing in 196 events in 21 sports and 23 disciplines. This was the first Asian Games to be held under the aegis of the
Olympic Council of Asia
. The stadium hosted the athletic events and opening and closing ceremonies. The capacity of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium was 78,000 during the games.
[3]
The stadium also hosted the
1989 Asian Championships in Athletics
.
[4]
Renovation
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Exploded view
of the stadium's layers
Interior of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
Delhi was selected as the host city of the
2010 Commonwealth Games
on 14 November 2003 during the
CGF
General Assembly in
Montego Bay
,
Jamaica
, defeating the competing bid from
Hamilton
,
Canada
.
[13]
In 2006, the
Indian government
decided to renovate the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium for the Commonwealth Games.
The Indian government chose the design of the German architectural company
Gerkan, Marg and Partners
.
[7]
Renovation of the stadium started in 2007. Nearly 4,000 construction workers worked on the stadium in double shifts. The substantially remodelled and modernised stadium was inaugurated on 27 July 2010.
[14]
The stadium was given a new roof, improved seating, and other new facilities to meet international standards to allow it to host the athletic events and the opening and closing ceremonies of the
2010 Commonwealth Games
.
[5]
The capacity of the stadium was reduced from 78,000 to 60,254. The cost of the renovation was around
?
961 crore
(US$210.16 million).
[6]
The 53,800 m
2
(579,000 sq ft)
Teflon
-coated roof, designed by the German structural engineering and consulting firm
Schlaich Bergermann Partner
, was built at a cost of
?
308 crore
(US$67.36 million).
[8]
Taiyo Membrane Corporation
supplied and installed the
PTFE
glass fibre fabric roof.
[15]
It is one of the largest membrane roof system in the world. 8,500 tonnes of steel were used in the construction of the stadium's roof and its support structure. A new 10-lane synthetic Olympic standard running track and a synthetic grass field were added. A 400-metre warm-up track was also constructed. A 150 metre long tunnel below the ground of the stadium was constructed for the opening and closing ceremonies. In case of emergency, the construction of the stadium allows for all 60,000 spectators to be safely evacuated within 6 minutes.
[16]
A new Electro-Voice professional audio system by
Bosch
Communications was set up in the stadium.
[17]
Two new venues were constructed next to the stadium for the Games: four synthetic greens for the
lawn bowls
event and a 2,172-seat gymnasium for the
weightlifting
event.
[18]
The stadium is a part of the Jawaharlal Nehru sports complex which houses the headquarters of the
Sports Authority of India
.
[9]
The design of the stadium is similar to
Century Lotus Stadium
in
Foshan
,
China
, designed by the same company.
[19]
2010 Commonwealth Games
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2010 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony
at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium was the main venue for the
2010 Commonwealth Games
. It hosted the
opening
and
closing
ceremonies as well as athletics events for the games. The stadium underwent massive redesign and reconstruction for the biggest multi-sport event hosted by India to that date. It was opened to the general public on 27 July 2010.
[20]
In July 2010, the first-ever Asian All Asian Athletics Championship was held. Over 1,500 students from schools came to see the event. The opening ceremony of the
2010 Commonwealth Games
has been held. Security for the ceremony used NSG, CRPF and Delhi police personnel. Tickets were checked by electronic ticket checking machine similar to the ones used in the Delhi Metro. There are over 350 CCTV cameras in the venue. Delhi was closed, in the sense that all the malls, shops, offices, and call-centers in Delhi were closed before and during the ceremony.
The stadium on a matchday of
Indian Super League
I-League
matches have also been played here. The stadium was the main venue for the
2011 South Asian Football Federation Cup
.
On 10 January 2012, the
Government of India
, and
Audi
, co-hosted a friendly football exhibition match between the
India national football team
and
Bayern Munich
at Jawaharlal Nehru stadium. In this one-sided affair, the German club has defeated Indian team by 4?0 in front of 30,000 spectators. This was the farewell match to
Baichung Bhutia
as India National Football Team captain.
From
2014 Indian Super League season
until 2019, it served as home ground for
Delhi Dynamos FC
.
[21]
Before the 2019 season, the Dynamos moved to
Bhubaneswar
as
Odisha FC
.
The stadium hosted 8 matches (including 2 Round of 16 matches) of the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
[22]
It will be used again for the
2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
.
At the end of
2017?18 Indian Super League season
, the football pitch in the stadium was named as "Best Pitch" in the league by
ISL
itself.
[23]
In
2023?24 Indian Super League
season, the stadium has been used by league debutant
Punjab
as their home venue.
[24]
[25]
[26]
[27]
Aerial image of Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
The
India national football team
will play its home matches in the Nehru Stadium after it was handed over by Sports Ministry to the
AIFF
.
[28]
India's first match in the new stadium was to be played against
UAE
in
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification play-off
in July 2011.
[29]
However, this match was shifted to
Ambedkar Stadium
because of the unplayable conditions at the Nehru stadium.
[30]
The
2011 SAFF Cup
was held here from 2 - 11 Dec 2011, with the
India national football team
emerging victorious. The
2012 Nehru Cup
was held from 23 August to 2 September at this venue.
[31]
Concerts
[
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]
The stadium played host to
Amnesty International
's
Human Rights Now!
Benefit Concert on 30 September 1988. The show was headlined by
Bruce Springsteen
& the
E Street Band
, and also featured
Sting
and
Peter Gabriel
,
Tracy Chapman
,
Youssou N'Dour
, and
Ravi Shankar
.
The project was led and managed by Mr. Ramji Lal from
CPWD
.
Michael Jackson
was scheduled to perform 2 concerts at the stadium in December 1993 as a part of his
Dangerous World Tour
. Some tickets were also sold. This would have been the first time Jackson would have performed in India.
MTV India
and other TV channels played Jackson's music videos months before the concert which created mass hysteria and anticipation in the public for the concerts and Jackson's visit to India.
Both the concerts were expected to be sold out. These two concerts were scheduled to be the last performances of the tour. Unfortunately the concerts in Delhi along with the dates for Indonesia and Australia were cancelled due to Jackson's health problems.
Cricket
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The Stadium has hosted two
One Day International
matches featuring
India
against
Australia
in 1984 which incidentally, was the first day-night one day international match under floodlights to be held in India.
[32]
and
South Africa
in 1991, again the fixture being a day night one (also being the second ever day-night cricket match in India) . Batsman
Kepler Wessels
played in both the matches but for different countries and scored 107 for
Australia
and 90 for
South Africa
.
[33]
A highly unusual feature of the ground was the inclusion of the running track as part of the cricket playing outfield area. The
ICC
's playing regulations eventually discontinued permission for the running track to be used in this way and thus the stadium was felt to be no longer suitable for cricket.
ODI matches hosted
[
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List of centuries
[
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]
- *
denotes that the batsman was
not out
.
- Inns.
denotes the number of the innings in the match.
- Balls
denotes the number of
balls
faced in an innings.
- NR
denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
- Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at Edgbaston.
- The column title
Date
refers to the date the match started.
- The column title
Result
refers to the player's team result
One Day Internationals
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See also
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