PSA Phuentsholing Stadium
Phuentsholing Football Ground | |
Full name | PSA Phentsholing Football Stadium |
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Location |
Phuentsholing Bhutan |
Owner | Phuentsholing Sport Association (PSA) |
Operator | Phuentsholing |
Type | Sport venue |
Capacity | 5000 |
Field shape | rectangular |
Surface | Grass, Sand(-2016) Artificial turf(2016-) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 2016 |
Opened | 2011 |
Renovated | 2009 |
Expanded | 2009 |
Tenants | |
Phuentsholing F.C.[1] |
Phuentsholing Football Ground is a 5000-seated football stadium. The Bhutan Olympic Committee instigated a major sport venue construction project in 2016 which included the insertion of multiple additions to the Phuentshilong Football Ground.[2] Opened to the public in summer 2011, the field was previously prepared for paddy transplantations by the local footballers.[3]
It is the only recreational venue in Phuentsholing as the annual inter-departmental football department start date depends solely on when the PSA Football Ground is ready for usage.[4]
Preparatory work on the stadium was needed as it was hosting an event to celebrate Bhutan's monarch Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.[3]
Ground
Hosting the 2011 Bhutan Monsoon Tournament, more fixtures were played irrespective of the rainfall reducing the pitch to a desolate field of uprooted grass roots which was a problem in the monsoon season.[3]
Artificial turf was built to supplant the sand pitch, costing a budget of 16.5 million Bhutanese ngultrums.[5]
Expansions
2017
A V-shaped drain was constructed as well as the laying of paved blocks. Around 90428 Bhutanese ngultrums were paid to the contractors in accordance with the instruction to the bidders.[6]
2009-2010
A facelift of the PSA Football Ground started in 2009 which saw a three-sided public gallery that could contain 5000 people. A considerable sum of 9.8 million Bhutanese ngultrums was provided in assistance to the project from the Asian Development Bank.[7]
References
- ↑ https://int.soccerway.com/venues/bhutan/psa-phuentsholing-stadium/v13184/
- ↑ http://www.kuenselonline.com/major-sports-facilities-in-the-pipeline/
- 1 2 3 http://www.nawangpenstar.com/2011_10_01_archive.html
- ↑ http://bhutanobserver.bt/1645-bo-news-about-football_season_in_phuentsholing.aspx
- ↑ http://www.kuenselonline.com/phuentsholing-to-get-its-own-artificial-turf/
- ↑ http://www.pcc.bt/bids%20invitation/PSA%20intent.pdf
- ↑ http://bhutanobserver.bt/1859-bo-news-about-new_stadium_for_phuentsholing.aspx