Capacity of Kalinga Stadium to be doubled for Men’s Hockey World Cup 2018

ONI Bureau:  The Men’s Hockey World Cup 2018 is scheduled to be held from 28 November to 16 December 2018, at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India.

In this regard, a preparatory meeting was held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi at the State Secretariat in Bhubaneswar today where it was decided that Capacity of Kalinga Stadium to be doubled. That would be enhanced to 16,000 against the existing strength of 8000.

LED panels will be installed in every district to facilitate spectators watch live matches during the hockey tournament in all blocks.

A special committee has been formed for traffic and parking issues during the mega sporting event to be held in November this year. A second stadium is being build which will be completed by the end of June this year.