New world-class stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat by Sept 2010

Gujarat will have a world-class stadium — the “StadiArena” scheduled to come up by September 2010 in Ahmedabad, thanks to a joint initiative by the State Government, the London-based StadiArena and its Indian partner Transstadia.

StadiArena has negotiated an exclusive joint venture with their Indian partner “Transtadia”. As part of the joint venture, StadiArena will hold full control over the design and build of the stadium, as well as any associated branding and media rights of this world class development.

During the Gujarat Global Investors Summit on January 12, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi announced the signing of an MOU for this project. The company is likely to be on site and break ground by the end of March 2009.

The StadiArena solution has been designed by specialists in Stadia construction with consideration for the specific requirements of both the core sports utilising the external playing area and also the event users utilising the recently created internal arena (e.g. acoustics, heating, lighting, ventilation etc.) Like for instance, the StadiDoor is located behind the touchline for football or dead ball line for rugby, so as not to interfere with the playing surface. StadiArena will also address the legacy issues created by the construction of stadiums for specific events such as World cups or Olympics. Post-competition, the stadium can be used for a variety of sporting and non-sporting events, making it a true community facility.

As well as hosting football matches the stadium will also boast corporate function rooms, space for major events as well as restaurants and hotel accommodation.

The seating area at one end of the stadium will also be collapsible to provide further space for indoor sporting events, performances and fashion shows.

According to Mr Paul Fletcher who is spearheading this £30million project the stadium at Gujarat, which is due to be completed by next year, is far more advanced than any of the stadiums he has already worked on, which include The McAlpine Stadium, in Huddersfield, The Reebok, in ­Bolton, and Wembley.