Balewadi Stadium as an athletics ground

Selected project · Indian Super League · 2014

From athletic ground
to football arena.

Venue
Pune Balewadi Stadium
Location
Pune
Year
2014

The Indian Super League needed a football-specific venue. The ground was built for athletics.

The athletics track before conversion

Significant’s role

Significant Sports adapted an existing athletic facility into a football-specific arena for the Indian Super League in 2014, demonstrating the ability to transform infrastructure to meet the requirements of professional sport.

Home ground

FC Pune City

The transformation

Pune
Balewadi

Athletic ground

Balewadi before conversion
Before · athletics track & field
to

Football arena

LAYOUTTURFSPECTATOR FACILITIES
Schematic · football-specific layout

Execution

01 Athletic ground
An existing athletic facility identified for transformation.
02 Layout redesign
Redesigned the layout to meet football-specific requirements.
03 Turf optimisation
Optimised the turf to create a professional playing surface.
04 Spectator facilities
Upgraded spectator facilities to deliver a professional match environment.

Before and after

Before: athletics ground
LAYOUTTURFSPECTATOR FACILITIES
BeforeAfter · schematic

Outcome

A professional match environment and the home ground of FC Pune City.

Account drawn from the company profile. Post-conversion photography not available.

Next projectLucknow Ekana Stadium →

Contact

Let’s build
what happens next.

Great sport is built where vision, people and execution come together.