DDA kicks off process for city's largest sports facility

Ball gets rolling for Narela complex

- Snehil Sinha

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has started the process of constructing Delhi's biggest integrated multi-sport stadium complex in Narela, which will include an 80,000-seater cricket stadium and other Olympic and non-Olympic sports, officials familiar with the developments said. The authority has invited bids and is exploring private sector participation for design, construction, operation and maintenance, officials aware of the matter said on Wednesday.

The planned stadium will be spread across 75 acres in sectors G3 and G4 of the Narela subcity, and include a cricket stadium with a seating capacity of 80,000, which will exceed the capacity of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium by a third.

Officials said a consultant would be selected through bidding, for which the base price is set at ₹36 crore. The selected consultant for project will then pay ₹19.4 crore as upfront licensing fee.

“The proposed integrated sports complex in Narela is being planned as a large multidisciplinary facility that can host major sporting events, concerts, events and also provide training and recreational infrastructure,” an official, who did not wish to be named, said.

Government officials said that the project has been planned in Narela to move traffic away from central parts of the Capital, to reduce congestion during key sporting events.