SALT LAKE STADIUM

Kolkata-Calcutta, India

WSPE-710

Salt Lake Stadium, Yuva Bharati Krirangan or Stadium of the Indian Youth), is a multi-purpose stadium in Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal.

The stadium is the second largest non-auto racing stadium in the world and the largest in the Indian sub-continent. It is currently used for football matches and athletics. The stadium was built in 1984 and holds 120,000 people in a three-tier configuration.

After its inauguration in January, 1984 with the Jawaharlal Nehru International Gold Cup Soccer Tournament, the Salt Lake Stadium has hosted several important international tournaments or matches such as The Pre-World Cup Tournament in 1985, Super-Soccers in 1986, 1989, 1991 and 1994, 3rd S.A.F. games in 1987, U.S.S.R. Festival in 1988, Charminar Challenger Trophy in 1992, Jawaharlal Nehru International Gold Cup in 1995. The chief engineer of the stadium is Somnath Ghosh.

Unused 4" x 6" continental size chrome.

World Stadiums Postcard Edition