Faisalabad Hockey Stadium
The Faisalabad Hockey Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Faisalabad, Pakistan. It is currently used mostly for field hockey matches.
Lyallpur Hockey Stadium | |
| Full name | Faisalabad Hockey Stadium |
|---|---|
| Location | Faisalabad, Pakistan |
| Owner | Pakistan Hockey Federation. |
| Capacity | 30,000 |
| Surface | astro turf |
| Scoreboard | Manual |
| Opened | 16 April 2003[1] |
| Tenants | |
| Pakistan national field hockey team | |
It is located at Susan Road, a major shopping and restaurant area.it is present in heart of city and was built during the golden period of hockey in Pakistan. it provides good facilities to the nursery of Hockey in Pakistan, Gojra, as gojra is present in Faisalabad division. It is spectators friendly venue.
Capicty: it is the third largest field hockey stadium of Pakistan after Lahore and Karachi having a capacity of 30,000.
Administration: it is controlled by Pakistan Hockey federation(PHF). PHF also look after the management and other issues of stadium with cooperation of provincial and local governments.
Facilities: it is well equipped stadium. it has flood lights and other training facilities.
Teams: it is home ground of the Pakistan national field hockey team as well as regional teams. Many national level tournaments such as National hockey championship had been organized here.
History
In 1985, the then government of Pakistan, decided to make Faisalabad a divisional headquarters and started many uplift projects in the city and the construction of Faisalabad Hockey Stadium began as a part of these projects. The slow progress resulted in a total construction time of more than 10 years and the stadium was opened to the people in 1996.
See also
References
- "Hockey stadium in Faisalabad in pathetic condition". Dawn. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.