Salt Lake Stadium
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| Yuva Bharati Krirangan যুব ভারতী ক্রীড়াঙ্গন |
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| Salt Lake stadium | |
| Location | Kolkata, India |
| Opened | 1984 |
| Owner | Government of West Bengal |
| Surface | Grass (Astroturf) with an Olympic-class athletics track |
| Tenants | |
| East Bengal Club |
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| Capacity | |
| 120,000 (Football) | |
Salt Lake Stadium (officially known as the Yuva Bharati Krirangan or যুব ভারতী ক্রীড়াঙ্গন: Stadium of the Indian Youth) is a multi-use stadium in Salt Lake City, a district of Kolkata, India.
It is one of the largest stadia anywhere in the world. It is currently used for football matches and athletics. The stadium was built in 1984 and holds 120,000 in a three-tier configuration.
[edit] Football
The Salt Lake stadium hosts the home games of the East Bengal, Mohun Bagan and Mohammedan Sporting Clubs; three of the big clubs in Indian football. The traditional Kolkata derbies between East Bengal v Mohun Bagan take place in this stadium accompanied by much fanfare, feverish emotions (and on a few occasions outbreaks of violence). Most of these matches are attended by capacity crowds of vociferous, partisan supporters of both teams (traditionally East Bengal Fans celebrates their win by eating Hilsa fish and Mohun Bagan fans celebrate wins by eating prawns).
Many of the home games of the India national football team are also played in Salt Lake, as are many important games in major stages of national tournaments.
[edit] Athletics
The stadium is also a major stadium for hosting of athletic events, including the (SAF Games ) in 1987 and various national athletics events in India. Salt Lake stadium is one of the worlds largest stadia.
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