Narendra Modi Stadium is the largest croquet stadium in the world,
Narendra Modi Stadium, also known as Motera Stadium,
is the largest cricket stadium in the world, located in Ahmedabad,
Gujarat State, India, with a capacity of 132,000 spectators.
It is considered the largest croquet stadium in the world and is owned by the Gujarat Cricket Association, and serves as a venue for local and international croquet matches.
Location of the world’s largest croquet stadium
The Narendra Modi Stadium is located on the same plot of land where the Sardar Patel Stadium stood from 1982 to 2015, and remained until its demolition and renovation in 2006.
Then the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) scrapped the Sardar Patel Stadium in 2015 to build the most modern and largest cricket stadium in the world.
The Narendra Modi Stadium was designed by Australian design firm Populous and built by Larsen & Toubro.
Construction took 5 years and an estimated cost of 100 million US dollars.
The arena has replaced the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground as the largest cricket ground in the world.
Narendra Modi Stadium contains 4 changing rooms and 11 central courts.
And two training arenas that can host training as well as local matches, etc.
On 24 February 2021, the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) named this newly built stadium the Narendra Modi Stadium in honor of the current Prime Minister of India,
Narendra Modi, who was the President of GCA (2009-2014) and the current Prime Minister of India.
It was first opened to the public in 2020 amid the Namaste Trump event, organized for United States President Donald Trump.
On February 24, 2021, Narendra Modi Stadium hosted its first Test match.
When the host team India played against England, it was also the first ever day-night Test match.
On September 29, 2022, the opening ceremony of the 36th National Games was held in the stadium.
The arena hosted the final match of the 2023 ICC World Cup on November 19.
Design of the stadium and its facilities
Narendra Modi Stadium consists of a two-level structure,
The square was built on an area of 63 acres and has 3 entry points, with a metro line at one of the entry points.
It has 76 corporate boxes that can each accommodate 25 people, a 55-room clubhouse, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, and four locker rooms.
There is a dining hall and hospitality area at each stand for spectators, and the stadium buildings also include a cricket academy and training grounds.
The unique feature of the stadium is the LED lighting system located on the roof.
Instead of the usual tower floodlights that one can see at cricket grounds around the world.
The LEDs are mounted on an anti-bacterial, fire-resistant canopy with a PTFE membrane covering 30 meters (98 feet).
From the 55 m (180 ft) width of the seating area.
The roof was also installed by Walter P Moore,
They specifically designed it to be lightweight and separate from the seating vessels to make it somewhat earthquake-resistant.
The two-level structure of the Narendra Modi Stadium is supported from below by several massive Y-shaped columns.
Which eliminates the need for columns inside the square
Thus giving spectators an unobstructed view of the entire stadium from anywhere in the stadium.
Each Y-shaped column weighs 280 tons and is approximately 30 meters long.
It was pre-cast in huge molds and assembled at the stadium construction site.
Many precast parts were then installed in this way.
The playing field
The land contains 11 central fields, and the field contains sensors to detect the grass’s need for water.
Which can activate 67 fully automatic underground pop-up sprinklers.
The ground also contains Bermuda grass, and its seeds were purchased from the United States of America.
The stadium also contains a high-tech drainage system and a modern 360-degree LED lighting system.
Which is mounted on a ring on the inner edge of the ceiling, so shadows do not form on the floor.
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