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SDAT Coimbatore Nehru Stadium

Nehru Stadium, the pride of the South, The synthetic is not a pre-fabricated version. "It's full polyurethane; quite expensive and the latest. Coimbatore is really lucky.

The big advantage is that it helps in high-quality performances. The surface is also injury-safe as it takes less strain. In India, very few stadiums can boast of such a surface, the stadium here is suitable for hosting top-level meets the Coimbatore stadium is a closed one. With sports loving people and corporate houses backing it, the city is no doubt the best place to host big meets... The government has invested close to Rs. 2.5-crore on this,

The stadium was constructed for football; there are so many things necessary for a stadium. The SDATN must find a way to provide all these. Even a mega electronic display board will do a world of good. If cricket is popular, it is because of its various strategies. For instance, every move on the field is captured electronically. The same can be done for athletics and it can be made popular.

The expert's views on the infrastructural needs may sound good, but M. Abdul Jabbar, Stadium Engineer, had proposed similar things in the 1970s. A two-tier accommodation was initially planned, with the first providing space for 30,000 spectators and the second, with escalator facilities, to accommodate an additional 15,000 people.

Provisions were also made for dressing rooms, conference hall, cloakrooms, bath facilities for players and athletes, a mini hospital and many more. A tunnel was even planned from the main entrance to take the athletes to the stadium without disturbing the track events. Also, for the construction of indoor games hall, swimming pool, ticket booths, electronic scoreboard, canteen room, public telephone booth and press and telex-printer service rooms. But nothing came up because only commercial establishments made the best use of the stadium's outer ring.