Pokhara Rangasala

Pokhara Rangasala
	Pokhara Stadium in 2020
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Location	Pokhara, Nepal
Owner	All Nepal Football Association, Gandaki Provincial Sports Association
Capacity	16,500
Construction
Broke ground	2017 new stadium construction 2017 - 2021
Built	First build 2004
Construction cost	Rs. 1.3 Billion
Tenants
	Sahara Club (Pokhara), Nepal national football team

The Pokhara Rangasala (Nepali: पोखरा रङ्गशाला) is a multi-purpose stadium in Pokhara, Gandaki Province, Nepal. It has a capacity of 16,500^[1] spectators. The venue is located to the south of Pokhara at Rambazaar on the eastern bank of Seti river.^[2]

History[]

Pokhara Rangashala before renovation

The facility comprises a football stadium surrounded by athletics track of 400m, one 7-A side football ground,^[3] a volleyball court, a basketball court, cricket ground and covered hall for games like badminton, karate and other indoor sports. The administrative building of Kaski district sport office and ANFA Kaski lies here. It is only venue in Nepal beside Dasarath Rangasala Stadium to host international football matches and beside Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground to host international cricket matches. The stadium has hosted several international friendly matches of the Nepal national football team.^[4]^[5]^[6] The other facilities near the stadium are used to host volleyball, basketball, cricket, wrestling,^[7]^[8] boxing and badminton. The yearly sports meet of PABSON and NPABSON is also held in same venue. The venue is also utilized for concerts and large gathering.^{[citation needed]}