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Salt Lake Stadium |
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Location:Salt Lake City
Time to Visit:Any time of the day from 10 A.M. - 5 P.M
Preferred Timings: 10 A.M. - 12 P.M. & 3 P.M. - 5 P.M
Admission Fee: Nil
How to Reach: Local buses and metered taxis are readily available from various parts of the city. One can also avail auto rickshaws which connects Salt Lake with the Bidhan Nagar Railway station
Photography / Video charges: Nil
Nearest Railway Station:Bidhan Nagar
Nearest Metro Station: Park Street
Nearest Functional Metro Station: Dum Dum
Nearest International Airport:Dum Dum
Time required for sightseeing:1 hour
Special Event / Annual Event The annual IFA Shield and other Kolkata football league matches
Nearby Tourist Attractions Nicco Park, Nalban Boating Complex, Science City and Swabhumi
Detailed Content of The Royal Calcutta Turf Club
People of Kolkata are crazy about sports and when it comes to football, Kolkata is the mecca. The frenzied excitement of the Indian club football scene with crowds that turn up in tsunamiseque proportions is a scene worth witnessing. Its only befitting that Asia's biggest stadium-Salt Lake Stadium, popularly referred to as the Yuva Bharathi Krirangan is located in Kolkata. This oval shaped stadium has a seating capacity for 1,20,000 spectators.
Ever since its inception, te Salt Lake Stadium has primarily ben hosting football matches. Some of India's renowned football clubs like Mohan Bagan, East Bengal and Mohammedan Sporting are all based in Kolkata. Important football matches both at the local and national level are regularly hosted at this awesome stadium.
Not only will the huge size of the stadium overwhelm you, what will also draw your attention is the state-of-the-art technology which has been used judiciously to give this stadium a truly international look. Right from seating arrangements, to the electronic scoreboard and lighting, the latest technological gadgets have been used making it one of the modern stadiums in the whole of Asia.
The ideal way to witness the magical appeal of this great stadium is when a football match involving two local Kolkata clubs are held. The entire stadium is filled choc-a-bloc with tens and thousands of spectators who go berserk right from the word go. They chant, clap, do the customary Mexican dance and if a goal is scored, the entire stadium witnesses a euphoria of sorts.
The stadium has not only been a citadel of sorts as far as Indian football is concerned but has also a pioneering role as far as promoting atheletic meets are concerned. Apart from the football ground, this magnificent stadium also has a synthetic athletic track surrounding the football ground. This is the only stadium in the whole of Eastern India which has the facility of synthetic athletic track.
The stars of Indian football like Baichung Bhutia, Vijayan and company have left their indelible mark on this stadium. Many a great matches have been played in this magnificent stadium which is forever etched in the memory of die hard football fans.
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