In a major development for Indian sports infrastructure, the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium complex in New Delhi is set to be dismantled to make way for a state-of-the-art Sports City spread across 102 acres, Sports Ministry sources told India Today on Monday, November 10. The project aims to introduce world-class sporting facilities as India continues to push for the hosting rights of the Olympic Games in 2036.

Officials are currently studying infrastructure models from Qatar and Australia—two countries that have built modern, multipurpose sporting ecosystems capable of hosting major global events. However, there is no fixed timeline for the start of construction. The redevelopment will only begin after the assessments are complete and a final plan is approved.

The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium,

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