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Mohammedan Sporting Ground
Football stadium in Kolkata, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mohammedan Sporting Ground, also known as Mohammedan Sporting–Howrah Union Ground,[3] is a multi-use stadium in Kolkata, West Bengal.[4] It is used mostly for football matches and is mainly the home stadium of Mohammedan.[5] The ground has a natural grass turf.[6][7] Having facilities such as commentary boxes for radio and TV, press box and air conditioned changing rooms, the stadium holds 15,000 people.[1] It is also the home ground of Howrah Union,[8] which it shares with Mohammedan.
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The stadium has galleries on three sides and a rampart on the fourth side. The north side gallery is the member's gallery. The east side and south side galleries are still made of a temporary iron structure and are designated for non-member supporters. The playing pitch is about 100 x 60 meters.[citation needed] The club tent and main office are located adjacent to the stadium. The club tent consists of a maintained lawn, with benches.
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In July 2023 second phase upgrade and improvement works started.
- Installing floodlight
- electronic scoreboard
- increase seating capacity from 15,000 to 25,000
- upgrade member gallery with White-Black (club's home colour) bucket chairs
- air conditioned press room
- ultra-modern gymnasium
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