JRD Tata Sports Complex

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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JRD Tata Sports Complex Stadium
The Furnace

JSA League

The JRD Tata Sports Complex Stadium, also known as The Furnace, is a 40,000-capacity (often limited to 24,424)

athletics competitions. It has been the home stadium of Jamshedpur FC since the 2017–18 season
. The stadium holds 24,424-40,000 spectators for sports matches (depending on the event).

History

JRD Tata Sports Complex before renovation, in 2013.

The JRD Tata Sports Complex is the largest sports arena in Jamshedpur, India. The sports complex is also used for conducting the Annual Sports Day of many reputed schools in Jamshedpur.

On 5 January 2007, the stadium was also a venue of having prominent performers, such as, Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonsa, and Mahalaxmi Iyer, performed to mark the final day of Tata Steel's four-day celebration of its centenary year, event known as 'Shatrang'.

Apart from that a significant exhibition football match was played between

Mohammedan S.C. from India
in 2007.

Currently, it is the home ground for

2018-19 ISL season
.

Facilities

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

fitness center which is free for resident athletes and is accessible to the citizens of Jamshedpur
for a fee. 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.

  • Archery
  • Basketball
  • Field Hockey
  • Football
  • Handball
  • Table Tennis
  • Tennis
  • Track and Field
  • Swimming
  • Volleyball
  • Relay
  • Marching
  • Kabbadi
  • Shooting
  • Boxing
  • Martial arts
  • Chess
  • Yoga
  • Karate
  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • and others

References

  1. ^ a b c Desk, InsideSport (23 June 2017). "JRD Sports Complex to get Rs 40 cr facelift for ISL".

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