The renovated Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, the gymnastics venue for this year’s Commonwealth Games, was today inaugurated by Sports Minister M S Gill and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit here.
The 14,500-seater state-of-the-art venue, which has been reconstructed at a cost of Rs 240 crore and has a built-up area of 72,425 sq mt, is the largest indoor stadium in India.
“This is an outstanding stadium and a remarkable engineering marvel. It is equipped with all the modern facilities and is the largest covered air-conditioned stadium in India,” Gill said after inaugurating the stadium.
Kalmadi said it was a dream come true for him as he had fulfilled his promise to present world class infrastructure in the form of the Indira Gandhi stadium. “When the participants will come to India for the test events, they will find the stadiums far above their expectations. Every infrastructure matches global standards. All the participating nations will find the preparations satisfactory,” Kalmadi said.
