G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium

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Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi Athletic Stadium (G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium situated in the Gachibowli suburb of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is located beside International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad. The stadium is part of a sports complex built in 2002 by the N. Chandrababu Naidu Government to host the 2003 Afro-Asian Games. It is used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 18,000 and contains an eight-lane 400m running synthetic athletic track, a 10-lane 100m sprinting track and a four-lane synthetic warm-up track. Inside the athletic tracks lies a football field 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft) in size. It was built at a cost of ₹35.30 crores covering a built-up area of 14,850 m2 (159, 800 sq ft).

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