Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium
Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium is a stadium in New Delhi, India that opened in 1933. Its recorded capacity is 16,200.
Key facts
Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium is a stadium in New Delhi, India that opened in 1933. Its recorded capacity is 16,200. It is owned by Sports Authority of India and Sports Authority of India. It is operated by Sports Authority of India and Sports Authority of India. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are India men's national field hockey team, Delhi SG Pipers, Delhi Wave Riders, Delhi Wizards, India men's national field hockey team.
- Location
- New Delhi, India
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 16,200
- Opened
- 1933
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Sports Authority of India, Sports Authority of India
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 1
Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium is at latitude 28.6125, longitude 77.237222, in New Delhi, India. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 28.6125 |
| Longitude | 77.237222 |
| City | New Delhi |
| Region | New Delhi |
| Country | India |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Naming rights
Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium has carried 2 recorded names. Irwin Amphitheatre (no sponsor) ran Present. National Stadium (no sponsor) ran Present.
Data table for this chart
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Sports Authority of India | 1933 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Sports Authority of India | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Sports Authority of India | 1933 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Sports Authority of India | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India men's national field hockey team | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Delhi SG Pipers | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Delhi Wave Riders | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Delhi Wizards | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| India men's national field hockey team | Not mapped | 1933 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
14 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | National Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Irwin Amphitheatre | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42523 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42522 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42521 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42520 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42519 | 2026-09 |
| 29 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 42518 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 37916 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 37915 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 37914 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 20000 | 16200 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372083462 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Major_Dhyan_Chand_National_Stadium | Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: