Indoor stadium to have five courts for badminton, three for kabaddi

An indoor stadium for kabaddi and shuttle badminton which the Mangaluru Smart City Ltd. (MSCL) will construct at Urwa Market at a cost of ₹20.54 crore will have five courts for shuttle badminton and t

An indoor stadium for kabaddi and shuttle badminton which the Mangaluru Smart City Ltd. (MSCL) will construct at Urwa Market at a cost of ₹20.54 crore will have five courts for shuttle badminton and three for kabaddi. Dakshina Kannada Member of Parliament Nalin Kumar Kateel laid the foundation stone for its construction on Tuesday. Mr. Kateel also laid the foundation stone for building a multi-level car parking-cum-retail space project at Hampankatta on the occasion.

According to MSCL, the work orders for building the stadium were issued to Mugrodi Constructions on August 13, 2021, for a cost of ₹18.81 crores. It will have to be completed in two years on 1.13 acres. The stadium, to come up on 9588.8 sq m with a basement, ground floor and four other floors, will have parking for 103 cars in the basement.

The company said in a note that three kabaddi courts will be on the ground floor which will also have an outdoor court, registration kiosk, changing rooms, shops, toilets and administrative office. The first floor will have spectator seating, lobby, VIP lounge, dormitory, public toilets and shops. The second floor will have facilities for indoor games, lobby and gymnasium. The third floor will have five badminton courts, a registration kiosk, medical room, lobby, dormitory, changing rooms and physiotherapy room. The fourth floor will have spectator seating capacity of 800, lobby, a dormitory and a public toilet.