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Thingangyun Thingangyun ( my, သင်္ကန်းကျွန်း; mnw, ) is a village in Ye Township in the Mon State of south-east Burma. It is located north-west of Ye city. Nearby towns and villages include Zayat (6.3 nm), Thinbawzeik T ...

Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

, coordinates = , broke_ground = 1983 , built = , opened = 1986 , renovated = 11 August 2019 , expanded = , closed = , demolished = , owner = Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs , operator = Department of Sports and Physical Education , surface = , construction_cost = , structural engineer = , services engineer = , general_contractor = , project_manager = , main_contractors = , former_names = , seating_capacity = 10,825 , dimensions = , scoreboard = , publictransit= National Indoor Stadium (1), Thuwunna is a modern indoor stadium located in

Yangon, Myanmar Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...

. It is the largest indoor sports stadium in Myanmar, with a capacity of 10,825 people and located near

Thuwunna Stadium The Thuwunna Youth Training Center Stadium ( my, သုဝဏ္ဏ လူငယ် လေ့ကျင့်ရေး ကွင်း), simply known as the Thuwunna Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Yangon, Myanmar. It is the venue of ...

History

The Thuwanna National Indoor Stadium was built by China in 1983. Completed in 1986, it became the country's first modern indoor stadium. Later, with the support of the United States, No (2) National Indoor Stadium was opened at Yangon University - Hlaing Campus, but not as big as No. (1). During the

2013 Southeast Asian Games The 2013 Southeast Asian Games ( my, ၂၀၁၃ ခုနှစ် အရှေ့တောင် အာရှ အားကစား ပြိုင်ပွဲ), officially known as the 27th Southeast Asian Games, or the 27th SEA Games, and comm ...

, modern sports facilities such as the Wunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium in Zambu Thiri Sports Complex and Zeyar Thiri Indoor Stadium in the military-owned Zeyar Thiri Sports Complex emerged in

Naypyidaw Naypyidaw, officially spelled Nay Pyi Taw (; ), is the capital and third-largest city of Myanmar. The city is located at the centre of the Naypyidaw Union Territory. It is unusual among Myanmar's cities, as it is an entirely planned city outs ...

. However, unlike the Thuwanna Indoor Stadium, these stadiums are a combination of the 3,000-seat A and C Stadiums and the 5,000-seat B Stadium. Since August 2019, China has been repairing and renovating the dilapidated stadium.

References

Multi-purpose stadiums in Myanmar Buildings and structures in Yangon Sports venues completed in 1986 Sport in Yangon 1986 establishments in Burma {{Myanmar-sports-venue-stub