International Hockey Stadium is

hockey Hockey is a term used to denote a family of various types of both summer and winter team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice, or dry floor such as in a gymnasium. While these sports vary in specific rules, numbers o ...

stadium located in

Rajnandgaon Rajnandgaon is a city in Rajnandgaon District, in the state of Chhattisgarh, India. the population of the city was 163,122. Rajnandgaon district came into existence on 26January 1973, as a result of the division of Durg district. History ...

, Chhattisgarh. The stadium is Chhattisgarh's first international astroturf hockey stadium and second largest hockey stadium after Raipur Stadium is spread over an area of nearly 9.5 acres, and built at an estimated cost of 22 crores was dedicated to public in January 2014 by state Governor

Shekhar Dutt Shekhar Dutt was the governor of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Earlier he had served on various bureaucratic posts including, as an IAS officer, as Secretary in the Ministry of Defence of the Government of India. Career Dutt belongs to the 19 ...

and chief minister

Raman Singh Dr. Raman Singh (born 15 October 1952) is an Indian politician and Former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. Currently, he is the National Vice-President of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is also an ayurvedic practitioner. He is also the longest s ...

. The exhibition match between Governor's Eleven and CM's Eleven comprising some international players, including Indian hockey men's squad skipper

Sardara Singh Sardara Singh (born 15 July 1986), sometimes referred as Sardar Singh, is an Indian former professional field hockey player and captain of the Indian national team. He usually plays the center half position. Sardara became the youngest player t ...

, Harjot Singh, Affan Yousuf,

Lalit Upadhyay Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (born 1 December 1993) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a forward for the Indian national team. He was a member of the Indian team that won the bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games The , officially t ...

and others, also was played the occasion. This was the second key international standard sports infrastructure envisioned by

which was built by the State Government after the

Raipur International Cricket Stadium The Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium Raipur, also known as Naya Raipur International Cricket Stadium, is a cricket arena in the city of Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. It is the third largest cricket stadium in Indi ...

came up at an estimated cost of `100 crore at

Naya Raipur Naya Raipur, officially known as Atal Nagar-Nava Raipur, is a planned city and fully Greenfield city in Indian state of Chhattisgarh. It is planned to replace Raipur as the capital city of Chhattisgarh. The Government of Chhattisgarh, the stat ...

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Field hockey venues in India Sports venues in Rajnandgaon 2014 establishments in Chhattisgarh Sports venues completed in 2014 Rajnandgaon {{Fieldhockey-stub