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G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium
Athletic stadium in India
Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi Athletic Stadium, formerly known as the Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, is a multipurpose stadium situated in the Gachibowli suburb of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is located beside International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT Hyderabad).[3] The sports complex was built in 2002 by the N. Chandrababu Naidu Government to host the 2003 Afro-Asian Games.[4][5][6] It is used mostly for association football matches as is it currently the home of Indian Super League club Hyderabad FC.[7] The stadium holds 30,000 people 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 Rs.35.30 crores covering a built-up area of 14,850 m2 (159,800 sq ft).