G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium
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| Location | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
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| Owner | Sports Authority of Telangana |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Broke ground | 1940 |
| Built | 1945 |
| Opened | 1949 |
G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium (Telugu: జి. ఎం. సి. బాలయోగి అథ్లెటిక్ స్టేడియం) is a sports stadium in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It has a capacity of 30,000 spectators.[1]
The Stadium
It is an ultra modern stadium with 8 line competition synthetic athletic track and 4-lane synthetic practice track. It uses the latest high-mast lighting for day-night events and provides obstruction-free viewing for all spectators and is a very picturesque stadium amidst breath-taking landscape. The stadium was named in the memory of G. M. C. Balayogi, an incumbent Speaker of Lok Sabha who died in an air crash.
The 2003 Afro-Asian Games were also held in this stadium.In which more than 30,000 people came to watch the amazing opening ceremony.The opening ceremony was about 2 hours and forty minutes with an amazing laser show son-et-lumiere. Coordinates: 17°26′46″N 78°20′39″E / 17.446241°N 78.344214°E
About 2,800 Kuchipudi artistes performed the centuries old dance on 26 December 2010, to earn a place in the Guinness World Records.[2]
During the agitations in Telangana, it has been renamed to Bhagya Reddy Varma Stadium.
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