Locally known as the Kaloor International Stadium, the Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium located in the heart of the Kochi city is the heart of Kerala's sportive dreams and has been the back bone of our achievements since 1996. The stadium has lots of facts to boast off and here are some of the most interesting ones, probably the ones you've never known.
- The stadium has a capacity of 75,000 spectators making it one of the largest stadiums in India.
- The stadium is widely touted to be one of the most noisiest cricket stadium in the world due to its distinctive architecture.
- The most innovative aspect of the stadium is its unique lighting towers of 2 kW Floodlights which when switched on fully can provide lighting levels for HD telecast. The Structure of the tower is itself one of a kind in India.
- Greater Cochin Development Authority leased out the Jawaharlal Nehru International stadium at Kaloor to the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) for a period of 30 years.
- The first tournament conducted was the Nehru Cup International Football Tournament in 1997.
- The highest attendance was recorded in the first tournament during the India v/s Iraq match (nearly one hundred thousand people attended, thus overcrowding the stadium).
- The first ODI played on this ground was between India and Australia on 1 April 1998.
- The first Indian Premier League game at the stadium was on 9 April 2011, when the Kochi Tuskers Kerala hosted the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
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