National Center of Excellence
football complex in West Bengal, India
The National Center of Excellence (or National Center of Excellence - India Football Campus) by All India Football Federation is an under construction football complex, in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It serves as one of the home bases for India national football team and India women's national football team. It includes India’s first ever roof top pitch. Built on a 15 acres (650,000 ft2) land behind Eco Park and beside a proposed deer park, in Action Area II, Rajarhat, New Town.
Location
The National Center of Excellence is located on Plot No. AA-IIE/57/A, Street Number 787, Action Area-II (E) of New Town. It is surrounded by Eco Park golf arena on two sides and proposed deer park on another side. Eco Park metro station of Kolkata Metro Orange Line will serve National Center of Excellence.
History
Back in 2014, after the Kolkata-based club Atlético de Kolkata (ATK) won the first season of Indian Super League (ISL), Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee proposed and offered the club owners, plot in Rajarhat NewTown area, to build an international standard football stadium. She said, "We have the Salt Lake Stadium for football and the Eden Gardens for cricket.
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