Situated on the middle of Sector – 5 and Sector – 6 areas on the side of the main road leading to Sector -6. The stadium along with the allied facilities will be developed as a benchmark for other hockey stadiums around the world, he said, adding that it would be constructed over 15 acres of land in the Biju Patnaik University of Technology campus in Rourkela. IT was possible due to initiatives taken by Late Bipin Behari Panda & M. Kindo in early 90s.The stadium is mainly used for field hockey and has synthetic AstroTurf which has been host to World Hockey Junior World Cup and been a training centre to most of the international Hockey players of India.It is the Home Ground of Odisha Hockey Team. This article about an Indian sports venue is a stub. The stadium to be developed inside the Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) campus will be the second venue for the Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023. Rourkela (Odisha) [India], February 16 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for the country's largest hockey stadium in Rourkela ahead of Men's Hockey World Cup 2023, which will be hosted in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced that a new world-class hockey stadium would be constructed at Rourkela in Sundargarh district as part of preparations for the 2023 Hockey World Cup which will be hosted by the state. The stadium site is located within the sprawling campus of Biju Patnaik University of Technology, one of the premier technical institutes of Odisha State. The stadium which will be constructed at the Biju Patnaik University of Technology campus, Rourkela, will spread over 15 acres of land. Rourkela: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday laid the foundation stone of the country's largest hockey stadium in the steel city here during his one-day visit to Sundargarh district. Biju Patnaik Hockey Stadium is a hockey stadium in Rourkela, Odisha. Addressing a function in the sidelines of the foundation lying ceremony, Patnaik said, “Sundergarh, which has immense contribution to Indian … The said stadium was constructed and maintained by SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant authority having Astroturf with nylon grass for … The stadium will be named after noted freedom fighter Birsa Munda and will jointly host the mens Hockey World Cup- 2023 along with the Kalinga Hockey Stadium in Bhubaneswar. Representative image Image Credit: ANI. A high-level delegation led by Chief Secretary S C Mohapatra visited the proposed hockey stadium site in Rourkela and inspected the ground located in the premises of Biju Patnaik … Construction work of the stadium, spread over 15 acres of land, will begin from April, Odisha Chief Secretary Suresh Mohapatra said after a … Bhubaneswar, Dec 24 (PTI) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced that India's biggest hockey stadium will come up at Rourkela and the 20,000-capacity facility will host matches of FIH men's World Cup in 2023. Spread over 15 acres of land, the stadium will be constructed in the Biju Patnaik University of Technology campus. Rourkela: India’s biggest hockey stadium will be constructed in the Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) campus in Rourkela. Outside the hall, a tennis court and volleyball court will also be prepared. Office of the DGM (sports) of Rourkela Steel Plant, the highest body of SAIL, RSP for propagating and nurturing the budding sports talents of the area is located here. About the Stadium. Situated on the middle of Sector – 5 and Sector – 6 areas on the side of the main road leading to Sector -6. [1] The stadium was constructed and maintained by SAIL . Rourkela: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today laid the foundation stone of India’s largest hockey stadium in Rourkela city during his visit to Sundargarh district. The stadium was constructed and maintained by SAIL . The stadium will come up in BPUT campus. India's largest hockey stadium planned in Rourkela, will host 2023 world cup games Spread over 15 acres of land, the stadium will be constructed in the Biju Patnaik University of Technology campus.Announcing this in a video message, Patnaik said, As we have announced earlier, Odisha will once again be the proud host of the prestigious mens hockey World Cup in 2023. In which over 1500 teams from Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand took part in this championship. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced on Thursday that the State would build a world-class hockey stadium in Rourkela, the city which would co-host the 2023 World Cup with Bhubaneswar. Rourkela: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for the country’s biggest hockey stadium and named it after the legendary freedom fighter ‘Birsa Munda’. Odisha chief minister (CM) Naveen Patnaik, on Thursday, announced a brand-new hockey stadium - the largest in the country - in the steel city of Rourkela. The stadium will have a seating capacity of 20 thousand. Amabagan is a local market business place located in sector 19 of city Rourkela.The place is famous for its various local shops settled around the area where shops ranging from commodities and vegetable market are crowded with daily customers coming from near … The stadium will be named after freedom fighter Birsa Munda. Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biju_Patnaik_Hockey_Stadium&oldid=1004258656, Athletics (track and field) venues in India, Articles needing additional references from September 2018, All articles needing additional references, Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 1 February 2021, at 19:46.