Mohammedan Sporting Ground

Mohammedan Sporting Ground

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Address	Mohammedan Sporting Club Maidan Tent, Red Road Kolkata 700021
Location	Kolkata, West Bengal
Coordinates	22°33′44″N 88°20′45″E / 22.562342°N 88.345871°E / 22.562342; 88.345871Coordinates: 22°33′44″N 88°20′45″E / 22.562342°N 88.345871°E / 22.562342; 88.345871
Public transit	Red Road
Owner	Mohammedan Sporting Club Pvt. Ltd.
Capacity	15,000[1]
Surface	Natural grass
Scoreboard	Manual
Tenants
Mohammedan S.C.

Mohammedan Sporting Ground is a multi-use stadium in Kolkata, India. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Mohammedan S.C.^[2] The ground has a natural grass turf.^[3] Other features of the stadium include commentary boxes for Radio and TV, press box, air conditioned player's changing rooms. The stadium holds 15,000 people.^[1]

About[]

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.

Upgrade work[]

In July 2017 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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