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Location : :
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium is the principal
cricket stadium in Hyderabad, India. It is located in Uppal,
an eastern suburb of the city.
Area : :
The site area of the stadium in which it is constructed
isof 20 acres.
Amenities : :
The seating capacity of the stadium is around 40,000.
10 different gate ways are located around the stadium for
the people to enter the stadium according to their seating
area.
Administration was divided into three sectors namely hca
office, club house office and an office of the stadium.
Club house has facilities like gymansium, swimming pool
and tennis courts.
There is no adequate parking facility provided in or around
the stadium.
Parking provided is only sufficient for the staff of the
stadium and for few outsiders.
Club house

Practicing nets

Gallery

Rooms around
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Ground

Landscape
beside the
entrance

Main entrance
Dressing room

Office
entrance

Restaurant

Galleries are subdivided into categories such as vip seating, corporate seating and for
general people.
The seating provided is permanently fixed chairs.
Tread width of each stair for seating is 1.3m and riser is 0.3m high and each can be
approached by climbing 2 stairs.
Stadium ground is in circular form with a diameter of 150m.
The width of the gallery from the circumference of the ground is approximately 41m.
Rooms are provided around the galleries for corporate persons, from where there is a clear view of
the ground through a glass wall on the side of the ground.

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Dressing rooms are provided for the two teams with facilities like toilets, shower rooms,
lockers and seating etc...Players have direct way to the ground from here.
There is a restaurant near to vip galleries, which too has a great view of ground from inside.
Practicing nets are at the main gateway in which actually the parking was proposed.
Location
: : people to enter their
Staircases and elevators are provided at regular intervals
for the
respective galleries.
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium located in serene, scenic settings,
There is no roof covering the galleries, this causes a great inconvenience to the people.
right in the heart of the city, flanked by the lovely Cubbon
Toilets are provided at regular intervals near the entrances to the galleries.
Park on one side and M. G. Road on the other.
The Grand reception hall of the RGICS houses several Memorabilia and picture galleries of
crickets.
Area : :
Commentary box is located above the galleries, there are separate rooms and galleries for
The site area of the stadium in which it is constructed is of
press and media.
17 acres.
Flood lights mounted on Six towers, illuminate the stadium during
day-night matches.
Amenities : :

M.Chinnaswamy Stadium

The seating capacity of the stadium is around 55,000.

22 different gate ways are located around the stadium for
the people to enter the stadium according to their seating
area and also these include entrances to residential rooms,
office etc...
Administration was divided into 2 sectors namely club
house office and an office of the stadium, information
counters(reception) are provided at almost every entrance.
Club house has facilities like gymansium, swimming pool,
badminton,squash, library etc...
Parking facilities are very convenient at the Chinnaswamy
Stadium and the Police Parade Ground and the nearby
Maneckshaw Ground are used for parking

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Club house
rooms

Club house

Swimming pool

Restaurant
Dressing rooms

gallery

ground

Lobbies around the

gallery

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parking

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Galleries are subdivided into categories such as vip seating, corporate seating and for general
people as same as the Hyderabad stadium.
The seating provided is of 2 types permanently fixed chairs & temporary seating which can be
arranged on stairs provided when needed.
Tread width of each stair for seating is 1.2m and riser is 0.17m high and each can be
approached by climbing 2 stairs.
Stadium ground is in circular form with a diameter of 130m.
The width of the gallery from the circumference of the ground is approximately 40m.
Dressing rooms are provided for the two teams with facilities like
toilets,
shower rooms, lockers and seating etc...with a common entrance
lobby
but
can be subdivided into 2 when needed with a temporary wooden wall.
Needed food stalls can be arranged temporarily when needed in the lobbies provided around
the gallery.
There is no separate space for practicing, ground itself is used
for that.

Staircases are provided at regular intervals for the people to enter

their respective galleries.
Trussed metal sheet roofing covers the galleries around the stadium.

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LOCATION

UPPAL STADIUM
Outskirts of the city

layout

Circular stadium(150m dia)

Seating capacity

40000

Parking facilities

No adequate facilities

Roof

No roof on the galleries

circulation

BANGALORE STADIUM
Heart of the city

INFERENCES
Centre of the city location of
stadium encourages the
profitable use of stadium.
Though located in outskirts
it would encourage the
development of city
outskirts.
Circular stadium (130 m dia)
Layout can be circular or
oval
55000
This seating can be
permanent or temporary
Parking is provided in the
If on-street parking is not
places around the stadium sufficient atleast provision of
multilevel parking should be
provided
Trussed metal sheet roofing Roofing is necessary above
is provided
gallery for comfortability of
spectators
Only stairs are provided

Required number of stairs

and elevators are provided
Toilets are provided at regular intervals near the entrances to the galleries.
The office of the stadium has picture galleries of cricket.
Commentary box is located above the galleries, there are separate rooms and galleries for press and media.
Flood lights mounted on four towers, illuminate the stadium during day-night matches.

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