Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi

• Asian Games 1982
• Commonwealth Games 2010
• South Asian Football Cup 2011
• One- Day International Cricket
• Football
• Concerts

The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, India was built in 1982 by order of the Government of India. It is named after Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, named. The large multi-purpose sports stadium is used for football and other sports like cricket and athletics. There are also held concerts and other major events.

The Arena offered 78,000 people place; concerts were even up to 130,000 spectators. After the Yuba Bharati Krirangan and the Ranji stage the Nehru Stadium is the third largest stadium in India. The National Olympic Committee of India has in the sports facility is relocating

Was built the stadium for the 9th Asian Games in 1982. He was the second time that the games were in the Indian capital to guest. In 1951 found the first Asian Games held there. In 2010 were held in New Delhi from 3 to 14 October, the 19th Commonwealth Games.

The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium was the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies as well as athletics, weightlifting and bowls. For this occasion, the arena was renovated and reduced the capacity to 60,000. The work was completed in July 2010.

The stadium is spanned by a 53,800 -square-foot tent roof made of a PTFE membrane. The steel support structure was built around the stadium. This framework extends over 340 meters long and 290 meters wide at a depth of 70 meters roof.