Chennai to get new stadium before 2011 World Cup

Chennai is set to get a new state-of-the-art cricket stadium before the 2011 World Cup, the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) announced. The Tamil Nadu state government has allotted 50 acres of land in Karunkuzhi Pallam, a village in the outskirts of the city for the construction of the new stadium.

"Tthe TNCA president N Srinivasan had requested the State Government for such a facility and the government has responded positively," K Vishwanathan, the TNCA president, was quoted in the Hindu. "It will be an ultra-modern stadium with plenty of parking space. The president and the executive committee will decide on the features in the stadium."

Once approved by the ICC, it will be the third international venue in Chennai. The MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk which houses the Madras Cricket Club (MCC) currently hosts international games. The Nehru Stadium, formerly known as the Corporation Stadium, hosted nine Tests between 1956 and 1965.