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The '''New Bangalore Football Stadium''' was the informal name of the new [[association football|football]] stadium which was to be constructed in [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]] for the [[2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup]] which was held in India. The stadium was supposed to be constructed on the same spot as the current [[Bangalore Football Stadium]] after the current one was demolished.<ref name="New Stadium 25">{{cite web|last=Shreekumar|first=S.S.|title=Move on Stadium May Hit Football Future|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/Move-on-Stadium-May-Hit-Football-Future/2014/03/05/article2091576.ece1|work=New Indian Express|accessdate=3 May 2014}}</ref> The stadiums construction was to be handled by '''Ozone Group''' who also owned the local club, [[Ozone FC]].<ref name=Ozone>{{cite web|last=Manjunath|first=Akash|title=Ozone-delivers-a-Rs-675-cr-soccer-punch-to-stadium|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/cover-story/Ozone-delivers-a-Rs-675-cr-soccer-punch-to-stadium/articleshow/50538587.cms|work=Goal.com|accessdate=3 May 2014}}</ref> [[Bengaluru FC]] were also supposed to play at the stadium after the U-17 World Cup ends.<ref name=JSW>{{cite web|last=Manjunath|first=Akash|title=Parth Jindal: Like-minded corporates needed for I-League’s popularity|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2014/04/24/4772324/parth-jindal-like-minded-corporates-needed-for-i-leagues?ICID=AR|work=Goal.com|accessdate=3 May 2014}}</ref>

==History==
On 5 December 2013, after [[FIFA]] officially announced that India would be the hosts of the [[2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup]], the country's first FIFA international competition.<ref>{{cite web|title=India to host Under-17 FIFA World Cup in 2017|url=http://sports.ndtv.com/football/news/217906-india-to-host-under-17-fifa-world-cup-in-2017|work=NDTV Sports|access-date=3 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151110023100/http://sports.ndtv.com/football/news/217906-india-to-host-under-17-fifa-world-cup-in-2017|archive-date=10 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was also announced that [[Bengaluru]] would be among the choices for being a host city for the tournament.<ref name="New Stadium 45" /> In March 2014 it was announced that at the end of the [[2013–14 I-League]] season the stadium would be demolished and then a new stadium would be built on that exact spot.<ref name="New Stadium 45">{{cite web|last=Achal|first=Ashwin|title=Under-17 World Cup to usher in better days for football|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/under17-world-cup-to-usher-in-better-days-for-football/article5430720.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=1 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="New Stadium 25" /> Prerana Bhat from Samved academy said that The stadium will reportedly have a capacity between 25,000 and 45,890.<ref name="New Stadium 45" />

==References==
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{{Football stadiums in India}}
{{Bengaluru FC}}

[[Category:Bengaluru FC]]
[[Category:Football venues in Karnataka]]
[[Category:Sports venues in Bangalore]]
[[Category:Proposed sports venues in India]]
[[Category:2017 establishments in Karnataka]]
[[Category:Sports venues completed in 2017]]

New Bangalore Football Stadium - Revision history

5.156.117.242 at 18:47, 7 March 2022

->Ken Tony: Adding local short description: "Stadium in India", overriding Wikidata description "building in India" (Shortdesc helper)