Sardar Patel Stadium, Mehsana Explained

Stadium Name:Sardar Patel Stadium
Nickname:Mehsana Cricket Stadium
Country:India
Location:Municipal Ground, Mehsana, Gujarat, India
Broke Ground:2019
Owner:Mehsana Municipality
Dimensions:24000sqm
Capacity:3000
Type:Stadium
Genre:Multi-purpose

Sardar Patel Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium and sports complex at Municipal Ground, Mehsana, Gujarat, India. It was built at the total cost of and opened in October 2022.

History

In 2019, the Mehsana Municipality announced the construction of the cricket stadium and sports complex at the cost of . Total was financed by the Government of Gujarat while rest of the was received from the Fourteenth Finance Commission.[1] [2] [3] The floodlights of the stadium was originally proposed to cost additional . The dimmer floodlight installation was proposed in 2022 to lower the costs.[4] The stadium was near completion in 2021.[5] It was officially named Sardar Patel Stadium. It was inaugurated on 19 October 2022 by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel and former deputy chief minister Nitin Patel.[6]

Features

The main stadium is spread over an area of 24000sqm. It has seating capacity of 3000 people where cricket, hockey or football matches can be held. A basketball ground has seating capacity of 250 people where handball and volleyball matches can also be held. Two tennis courts with seating capacity of 250 people are constructed. It has a parking capacity of 250 cars and 1000 two-wheelers.

It is the first cricket stadium built in north Gujarat.

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: 2019-02-24 . ગુજરાતનું નવું નજરાણું: કરોડો રૂપિયાના ખર્ચે મહેસાણામાં બનશે અદ્યતન ક્રિકેટ સ્ટેડિયમ, જાણો વિગત . 2022-03-15 . ABP Gujarati . gu.
  2. News: 2019-02-23 . મહેસાણા: મ્યૂનિસિપલ ગ્રાઉન્ડમાં 9 કરોડના ખર્ચે બનશે ક્રિકેટ સ્ટેડિયમ બનશે . 2022-03-15 . Atal Samachar . gu.
  3. News: મહેસાણામાં 11 કરોડના ખર્ચે બનશે અદ્યતન ક્રિકેટ સ્ટેડિયમ, તંત્ર દ્વારા કરાઇ જાહેરાત . 2022-03-15 . VTV Gujarati . gu.
  4. News: મહેસાણાના નવા ક્રિકેટ સ્ટેડિયમમાં હવે ઓછા પ્રકાશવાળી લાઈટોની વિચારણા . 2022-03-15 . NavGujarat Samay . gu.
  5. News: મહેસાણામાં ક્રિકેટ સ્ટેડિયમનું કાર્ય અંતિમ તબક્કામાં પહોંચ્યું . 2022-03-15 . NavGujarat Samay . gu.
  6. News: 2022-10-18 . Sports Facility: 5000 spectator capacity Sardar Patel Stadium built in Mehsana at cost of 11 crore, inauguration tomorrow . gu:ખેલકૂદની સુવિધા:મહેસાણામાં 11 કરોડના ખર્ચે 5000 પ્રેક્ષકોની ક્ષમતા ધરાવતા સરદાર પટેલ સ્ટેડિયમનું નિર્માણ, આવતીકાલે થશે લોકાર્પણ . gu . . 2022-10-19.