Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (also known as the Marina Arena) is a multipurpose stadium

in Chennai, India. It has a capacity to seat 27,877 people.[1] It hosts football matches and athletic
competitions. The complex also houses a multipurpose indoor stadium with a seating capacity of
5,000 which hosts volleyball, basketball, table tennis games. The stadium is also used for functions
and concerts. The stadium is named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. The stadium
earlier hosted cricket Test matches between 1956 and 1965.[2] As of 19 August 2017 it has hosted 9
Tests.

The stadium is located at Sydenhams Road, Park Town behind the Chennai Central suburban railway
station and the Ripon Building. Tamil Nadu football team, which plays in Santosh
Trophy and Chennaiyin FC, the Indian Super League team representing the city, use the stadium as
its home ground.

Contents

 1History

 2Facilities

 3Events

 4Records

o 4.1Football

o 4.2Cricket

 5See also

 6References

History[edit]

The stadium was built on the area where the old Madras Zoo was located before it was shifted to its
present location in at Vandalur.[3] It was built in 1993 at a cost of ₹440 million (US$6.4 million) in 234
days.[1] In 2012, the Government of Tamil Nadu renovated the indoor stadium at a cost of ₹120
million (US$1.7 million) with a new skating rink.[4] In 2013, Government of Tamil Nadu upgraded the
synthetic athletics track, football turf, floodlights and upgrading added a warm up track north of the
stadium at a cost of ₹331 million(US$4.8 million).[1][5]

Facilities[edit]

The stadium has a seating capacity of 40,000 with a 400m 8-lane synthetic athletics track and a
natural football turf. There is an indoor stadium with a seating capacity of 5000 associated with the
stadium. Two Beach Volleyball courts, three clay Volleyball courts, one Throw ball court,
one Kabaddi field and one Handball court are also available in the complex. There are also facilities
for Judo, Weightlifting, Table Tennis, Boxing, Chess and Carrom besides a Fitness Center and a
conference hall. The indoor stadium hosts various functions and concerts.[6][7]

Events[edit]

The stadium hosted nine cricket Test matches between 1956 and 1965.[2] In 1998, it hosted the
World Volleyball Grand Prix tournament.[8][9]
Records[edit]

Panorama View of stadium

Football[edit]

The highest goal scoring match in Indian Super League with 6 goals between Chennaiyin
FC and Mumbai City FC (5–1) on 28 October 2014 in the 2014 Indian Super League season.

Cricket[edit]

The highest test cricket scores were made by West Indies cricket team with 600–9 and 537–9. The
most runs scored here was by Vijay Manjrekar (487 runs), Chandu Borde (431 runs) and Budhi
Kunderan (346 runs). The most wickets taken here was by Bapu Nadkarni (20 wickets), Salim
Durani (19 wickets) and Subhash Gupte (17 wickets).[2]