Full name | Northern Railway Stadium |
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Former names | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
Location | Shimoga, Karnataka |
Capacity | 5,000 |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1973 |
Opened | 1973 |
Website | |
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Nehru Stadium is a multi purpose stadium in Shimoga, Karnataka. The ground is mainly used for organizing matches of football, cricket and other sports.[1] The stadium has hosted a first-class match twice:[2] in 1973 when Karnataka cricket team played against Andhra cricket team[3] and again in 1979 when Karnataka cricket team played against Kerala cricket team,[4] but since then the stadium has not hosted any cricket matches.[5]