Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium
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9°58′6.51″N 76°17′53.81″E / 9.9684750°N 76.2982806°E
Location | Kadavanthra, Kochi, Kerala |
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Owner | Regional Sports Centre |
Operator | Regional Sports Centre |
Capacity | 10,000[1] |
Surface | Maple Floor |
Construction | |
Opened | 1993 |
Construction cost | 5 crores |
Website | |
Official website |
Regional Sports Centre, also known as Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium is a multipurpose sports centre in Kochi, Kerala, India.
The stadium is one and only multipurpose world class Sports Centre in India and is situated in 4 acres (16,000 m2) of land, the centre has the facilities for badminton, tennis, basketball, table tennis, swimming, billiards and indoor cricket nets.[2]
This Indoor stadium is floodlit using 1 kW Metal Halide lamps which provide lighting for color television telecast to international standards. This stadium has a capacity of 10,000 persons. The stadium is named after former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.[3]
Indoor Tennis Complex has world-class level four synthetic tennis courts with modern technology. Indoor Tennis Complex was inaugurated in 2000 by Padma Bhushan Ramanathan Krishnan.
Table Tennis Hall has four tables with a latest Butterfly Robot with a capacity to hold 400 balls at a time. The stadium has a swimming pool with 25*10 meters and is maintained by International standards.