The DDA Siri Fort Sport Complex is a

sports stadium A stadium (plural, : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to ...

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. It was built for the 1982 Asian Games, next to the Asian Games village by the

Delhi Development Authority The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is a planning authority created in 1957 under the provisions of the Delhi Development Act "to promote and secure the development of Delhi". It is responsible for planning, development and construction of h ...

(DDA), which also runs the facility now. Also close by is the

Siri Fort Auditorium Siri Fort Auditorium is premier multi-auditorium complex of Government of India. Situated in the Siri Fort in New Delhi, it is also the headquarters of the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, which a ...

complex.

Sports

Basketball, Swimming Pool, Squash, Pitch and Putt Golf, Billiards, Snooker, Shooting, Skating, Tennis, Badminton Courts, Yoga, Aerobics, Gym,

Calisthenics Calisthenics (American English) or callisthenics (British English) ( /ˌkælɪsˈθɛnɪks/) is a form of strength training consisting of a variety of movements that exercise large muscle groups (gross motor movements), such as standing, graspi ...

, Football, Cricket, Jogging track etc.

2010 Commonwealth Games

The stadium hosted

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...

and squash for the

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. The stadium for badminton will have five match courts and three warm-up courts, and the stadium for squash will have 11 singles courts convertible to five doubles courts.

2014 Thomas & Uber Cup

The

2014 Thomas & Uber Cup The 2014 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 28th tournament of the Thomas Cup and 25th tournament of the Uber Cup, the badminton team championships for men and women respectively. It was held on 18–25 May 2014 at the Siri Fort Sports Complex in New ...

was held on 18–25 May 2014 at the Siri Fort Sports Complex,

. This is the first time India hosted the two cups.

References

2010 Commonwealth Games venues Sports venues in Delhi 1982 Asian Games South Delhi district Sports venues completed in 1982 Badminton venues Badminton in India Squash venues Buildings and structures in New Delhi 1982 establishments in Delhi 20th-century architecture in India {{India-sports-venue-stub

Sports

2010 Commonwealth Games

2014 Thomas & Uber Cup

See also

References