Nehru Stadium is a government sports ground in Civil Lines, Gurugram, and is described as the oldest stadium in the city. Its hockey astroturf, installed at a cost of Rs 7.79 crore and reported ready in March 2024 and inaugurated on 1 August 2024, is the main attraction. A proposed boxing hall was put on hold in January 2026.
Facility profile
- Official name: Nehru Stadium, Gurugram
- Address: Old Railway Road, Civil Lines, Gurugram, Haryana 122001
- Operator: Haryana Department of Sports and Youth Affairs, through the District Sports Officer, Gurugram. One reference listing names the Gurgaon Municipal Corporation as owner and operator.
- Opened: 1987 according to one reference listing, which also gives a capacity of 25,000 and the alternative name Dronacharya Stadium. The operator does not publish these details. The stadium was described in 2018 as the oldest in Gurugram.
- Land area: Not published
- Contact: No official telephone number or email address was found for the stadium
Infrastructure and facilities
| Facility | Details |
|---|---|
| Hockey astroturf | 91.40 metres by 55 metres; cost Rs 7.79 crore; work began on 14 March 2023 and the ground was reported nearly ready on 29 March 2024 |
| Turf support | Six sprinklers covering 45 to 50 metres each, a water tank beside the field, seating for 35 to 40 players on three sides and a 15-foot iron net around the ground |
| Drainage | The ground was raised by about two and a half feet to stop waterlogging in the rains |
| Other facilities | Football grounds, basketball and volleyball courts, a boxing ring, a lawn tennis court, judo and taekwondo areas, a kho-kho ground, a gymnastics section and open gym equipment have been reported on site. There is no official inventory, so this list may be incomplete. |
Boxing hall on hold
A boxing hall planned at the stadium was first budgeted at Rs 50 lakh. The budget rose to Rs 1 crore after modern facilities were added to the plan, and construction was put on hold as of 3 January 2026. The District Sports Officer, Aarti Singh, said work would start only after senior officials approve the higher budget. The Haryana Olympic Association is to build the hall, which is meant to have a safe ring, modern equipment, fitness facilities and training space to international standards.
Events hosted
The stadium hosted one women’s one-day international, Ireland v Pakistan at the 1997 Women’s World Cup on 18 December 1997. Ireland won; published margins differ, at 132 runs in the scorecard table and 182 runs in the accompanying text. The astroturf was inaugurated on 1 August 2024 by Rao Inderjit Singh, Union Minister of State, and a friendly between Faridabad and Gurugram teams followed. Haryana’s sports minister, Sanjay Singh, said the hostel lying shut at the stadium would be reopened for hockey players.
Timings and operational hours
Opening hours and coaching timings are not published.
Charges, membership and booking
No entry fee, membership scheme, pay-and-play rate or venue hire charge is published.
Urban and ecosystem context
In 2018 the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority said it would take over the revamp of Nehru Stadium and Tau Devi Lal Stadium, float tenders and add Olympic-size swimming pools. At that time plans to refurbish Nehru Stadium had been stuck for more than two years. The details checked do not show that the work was carried out at Nehru Stadium. The city’s other government complex is the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Sector 38.
The astroturf is the main change in recent years. More than 150 hockey players used to practise at the ground before the work began, and about 80 were doing so in March 2024. The District Sports Officer expected the number to rise once the new turf was in use. A 2020 reply in the Haryana Legislative Assembly lists Gurugram among the places in the state with a hockey astroturf.
Details were checked in November 2026. Confirm access, timings and the status of the boxing hall with the District Sports Officer before visiting.
Sources
- Gurugram: Astroturf prepared in Nehru Stadium worth Rs 7.79 crore – DT Next (IANS), 29 March 2024
- Nehru Stadium boxing hall project stalled – Amar Ujala, 3 January 2026
- Tau Devi Lal, Nehru stadiums to be renovated by GMDA – Millennium Post, 27 August 2018
- AstroTurf hockey ground inaugurated in Gurugram – The Tribune, 2 August 2024
- Nehru Stadium, Gurgaon – Wikipedia
- Nehru Stadium, Gurugram – Wanderlog
- Starred question 18, 26 February 2020 – Haryana Vidhan Sabha
