JRD Tata Sports Complex
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The JRD Tata Sports Complex Stadium, also known as The Furnace, is a 40,000-capacity (often limited to 24,424)
History
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
Currently, it is the home ground for
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
- 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
- ^ a b c Desk, InsideSport (23 June 2017). "JRD Sports Complex to get Rs 40 cr facelift for ISL".
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