Tag: India

Sports venues world over pitch in to combat coronavirus

Article posted by Coliseum, April 3^rd, 2020

The dreaded novel coronavirus is tightening its noose leaving 9, 81,258 people infected across the world and over 50,253 people have lost their lives so far globally. This is the second part of the series – ‘Stadium turning into hospitals to tackle COVID-19’. ‘The Coliseum’ carried out... » Read more

Trump inaugurates world’s largest cricket facility in India

Article posted by Coliseum, March 4^th, 2020

Motera Stadium in India – the world’s largest cricket stadium – was dedicated to the nation jointly by the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, and the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, on February 24, 2020. The price tag of the state-of-the-art arena is Rs 700... » Read more

Work on in full swing at world’s largest cricket facility in India

Article posted by Coliseum, December 6^th, 2019

Work is on in full momentum at the world’s largest cricket stadium spread over 63 acres of land – Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium at Ahmedabad in India – and is expected to be completed in 2020. Once the stadium is complete, the name might be changed. The stadium is also known as Motera as it is... » Read more

World’s largest cricket stadium taking shape in India

Article posted by Coliseum, February 4^th, 2019

India is building the world’s largest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad, the main city in the western state of Gujarat. Popularly known as Motera Stadium, the Sardar Patel Cricket Stadium is being revamped to eventually have a seating capacity of 110,000, nearly 10,000 more than Australia’s iconic... » Read more