Anna Stadium

The Anna Stadium is a stadium at the Anna Sports Complex located in the Indian city of Tiruchirappalli. The main football and athletics stadium, Anna Stadium, has a capacity of 10,000. Constructed in 1970, it is spread over an area of 31.25 acre. The complex also houses a multi-purpose indoor stadium and has separate courts for sports such as tennis, badminton, basketball, football, kabaddi, hockey, and volleyball. The complex is located in Khajamalai, a suburb of Tiruchirappalli.

History
The stadium was built by the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu in 1970 at a cost of inr 30000000 funded by the state government. The synthetic turf imported from Netherlands, was laid in two weeks by a professional from England. In 2011, construction of a new multi-purpose stadium at a cost of inr 17700000 was started. In 2015, improvements to the indoor stadium, with wooden flooring were made. A new eight-lane synthetic athletic track, volleyball court, floodlights for the facilities and a new girls hostel were also installed. The total cost of the expansion was inr 120000000. With this, Trichy became the fourth city in Tamil Nadu after Chennai, Coimbatore, and Madurai to have such facility for athletics.

Facilities
The main athletics stadium, the Anna Stadium, has a capacity of 10,000. It also has an Astro turf hockey ground and an eight-lane 400 m synthetic athletic track. The stadium also includes a gymnasium named Anna Indoor Stadium, swimming pool and a sports hostel. A multi-purpose indoor stadium inside the complex has courts for basketball, volleyball, badminton and handball. It has a capacity of 2,000.