Kalinga Stadium

The Kalinga Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. foundation stone laid by Biju Patnaik in 1978, it has facilities for athletics, soccer, field hockey, basketball, tennis, table tennis and swimming. Other features of the stadium includes an 8-lane synthetic athletics track, a sports hostel, gymnasium and the India's first newly built olympic standard pink and blue hockey turf. Kalinga Stadium serves as the home ground for Hockey India League franchise, Kalinga Lancers and I-League 2nd Division franchise, Samaleswari Sporting Club. The Stadium hosted the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships from 6th July to 9th July, 2017. The Kalinga Stadium is finalized to host the 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup.