Lammual Stadium

Lammual Stadium

Lammual Stadium
Full name Lammual Stadium
Location Aizawl, Mizoram, India
Capacity 5,000
Surface Astroturf

Lammual Stadium is a football stadium in Aizawl, Mizoram, India. It is used mainly for football. It was one of the venues for the Northeast Games 2012.[1]

Stadium

The stadium is a single tier stadium. The stadium under construction will have a seating capacity of about 5,000 spectators which will cost around 190 crores.[2]

History

The Stadium has a historical and cultural significance for the Mizo people. It has been used for addressing the people of Mizoram by Politicians like Jawaharlal Nehru who visited Aizawl in 1965.[3] Lammual has also been the place where a Helicopter landed for the first time in Mizoram in 1962.[4] It is the venue for Chapchar Kut Festival, a Festival of Mizo people.[5] There was initially a plan to construct the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Lammual ground[6] before it was shifted to Mualpui as Assam Rifle could not give clearance for construction.[7] The Chief Minister of Mizoram, Pu Lalthanhawla officially inaugurated the Artificial Turf (grass) laid at Aizawl Lammual, also known as the Assam Rifles (AR) Ground in Aizawl city on Monday, February 28, 2011.[8] He has also committed that Flood lights will be installed so that games can be played at night.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "NE Games-ah infiammi 1,200 vel beisei". Vanglaini. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Lammual-ah Gallery sak hna tan dawn ta". The Zozam Times. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  3. ↑ dultea. "Pu Nehru Aizawl ah". Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Aizawla Helicopter tum hmasa ber-1962". Dawrpui Veng. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "CHAPCHAR KUT 2012 TAN INPUAHCHAHNA KAL ZEL". DIPR Mizoram. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  6. ↑ DIPR. "Stadium sak tur khaihlak chungchang sawiho a ni". misual. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "Supplement to Memorandum". Finance Dept, Govt of Mizoram. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  8. ↑ "Aizawl Lammual (AR Ground) Artificial Grass inaugurated". Samaw. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  9. ↑ "ZANAH INKHELH THEIH NAN LAMMUALAH ENG DAH A NI ANG". DIPR Mizoram. Retrieved 16 August 2012.