The Anna Stadium is a stadium at the Anna Sports Complex located in the Indian city of Tiruchirappalli.[1][2] The main football and athletics stadium, Anna Stadium, has a capacity of 10,000. Constructed in 1970, it is spread over an area of 31.25 acres (12.65 ha). The complex also houses a multi-purpose indoor stadium and has separate courts for sports such as tennis, badminton, basketball, football, kabaddi, hockey, and volleyball.[3][4] The complex is located in Khajamalai, a suburb of Tiruchirappalli.
The stadium was built by the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu in 1970 at a cost of ₹3crore (equivalent to ₹148 crore or US$18 million in 2023)[2][5] funded by the state government. The synthetic turf imported from Netherlands, was laid in two weeks by a professional from England.[5] In 2011, construction of a new multi-purpose stadium at a cost of ₹1.77 crore (US$210,000) was started.[5] In 2015, improvements to the indoor stadium, with wooden flooring were made. A new eight-lane synthetic athletic track, volleyball court, floodlights for the facilities and a new girls hostel were also installed. The total cost of the expansion was ₹12crore (US$1.4 million). With this, Trichy became the fourth city in Tamil Nadu after Chennai, Coimbatore, and Madurai to have such facility for athletics.[6]
The main athletics stadium, the Anna Stadium, has a capacity of 10,000. It also has an Astro turfhockey ground and an eight-lane 400 metres (1,300 ft) synthetic athletic track.[2][7] The stadium also includes a gymnasium named Anna Indoor Stadium, swimming pool and a sports hostel.[5] A multi-purpose indoor stadium inside the complex has courts for basketball, volleyball, badminton and handball.[5][8] It has a capacity of 2,000.[8]
