The Anna Stadium is a stadium at the Anna Sports Complex located in the Indian city of

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. The main football and athletics stadium, Anna Stadium, has a capacity of 10,000. Constructed in 1970, it is spread over an area of . The complex also houses a multi-purpose indoor stadium and has separate courts for sports such as

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. The complex is located in Khajamalai, a suburb of Tiruchirappalli.

History

The stadium was built by the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu in 1970 at a cost of funded by the state government. The synthetic turf imported from

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, was laid in two weeks by a professional from England. In 2011, construction of a new multi-purpose stadium at a cost of was started. In 2015, improvements to the indoor stadium, with wooden flooring were made. A new eight-lane synthetic athletic track, volleyball court, floodlights for the facilities and a new girls hostel were also installed. The total cost of the expansion was . With this, Trichy became the fourth city in Tamil Nadu after

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to have such facility for athletics.

Facilities

The main athletics stadium, the Anna Stadium, has a capacity of 10,000. It also has an

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ground and an eight-lane synthetic athletic track. The stadium also includes a

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nasium named Anna Indoor Stadium, swimming pool and a sports hostel. A multi-purpose indoor stadium inside the complex has courts for basketball, volleyball, badminton and handball. It has a capacity of 2,000.

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