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Pitch
The stadium boasts of a state of the art FIFA standard pitch at an elevation of 4.8 meters, with a seating capacity of 20,000 and a natural grass turf, specially made of [[Cynodon dactylon|Bermuda grass for sporting as well as non-sporting events. It consists of two major and four minor access points, the pitch also facilitates the ease of media coverage for live broadcasting by providing 6,100 sq. feet of area and 11,000 sq. feet international standard player facilities with 4 locker rooms, which makes it an ideal venue for large format sporting and cultural events.

The pitch has been designed with an idea to increase stadium utilization capacity from the worldwide average of 2% to 67% per annum. This technology combined with the world-class facilities has attracted the attention of various sporting venues across the globe. Paul Fletcher, C.E.O., StadiArena has also shown his interest in adopting this technology in the UK, to provide clubs with a true community building, every aspect of which is used.

Indoor Arena
The indoor arena lies in the south stand of the stadium and houses the best of technology to convert a 20,000 capacity ground into 4,000 capacity indoor venue for sporting events, expositions, musical events, plays, etc. It uses patented stand convertibility technology from StadiArena UK which makes it the largest convertible convention centre in Asia. It also provides a unique mobile spectator experience using a smart alternative to the conventional brick and mortar modular grandstand spectator seating through T-Box technology that enables sporting events to be constructed, retracted, transformed, removed, downsized and made to disappear within a matter of days. It is a modular, multi-purpose and flexible technique which is helpful in providing efficient space utilization.

The indoor arena is mostly used for sports like kabaddi, table tennis, boxing etc. It hosted 2016 Kabaddi World Cup and acts as the home ground for Pro Kabaddi team, Gujarat Fortune Giants.

Other Uses
State of the art infrastructure combined with the best of technologies, and location right in the most heart of Ahmedabad, makes The Arena one of the best venues to host a range of events from musical concerts to expositions and other such events. For the very purpose, TransStadia has created another company named White River Entertainment for controlling and managing such large-scale events.

A. R. Rahman: Encore
A. R. Rahman, one of the most famous and iconic singers of India performed at the Arena by TransStadia in Ahmedabad on 3 December 2017. His concert, Encore Tour 2017, was attended by over 15,000 people from across Gujarat and of all age groups. The Arena has all the facilities of the sound system as well as the lightings to host a large-scale concert like this.

Gujarat Iconic Film Awards (GIFA)
The stadium was chosen as the venue for the biggest film awards in Gujarati cinema, the Gujarat Iconic Film Awards, popularly known as GIFA on 6 January, 2018.

Mughal-e-Azam
The Arena hosted the 96th stage performance of the Mughal-e-Azam play. It took place at the Arena from 8 to 11 March 2018. The event was organized and performed at The Arena itself and recorded a relatively good turnover.