Thuwunna National Indoor Stadium (1)

National Indoor Stadium (1), Thuwunna is an indoor stadium located in Yangon, Myanmar. It is the largest indoor sports stadium in Myanmar, with a capacity of 10,825 people and located near Thuwunna Stadium.[1]

National Indoor Stadium (1)
Burmese: အမျိုးသားအားကစားပြိုင်ပွဲရုံ (၁) သုဝဏ္ဏ
LocationThingangyun, Yangon, Myanmar
Coordinates16°49′1.5″N 96°11′8.4″E
OwnerMinistry of Sports and Youth Affairs
OperatorDepartment of Sports and Physical Education
Capacity10,825
Construction
Broke ground1983
Opened1986
Renovated11 August 2019

History

The Thuwanna National Indoor Stadium was built by China in 1983. Completed in 1986, it became the country's first modern indoor stadium. Later, with the support of the United States, No (2) National Indoor Stadium was opened at Yangon University - Hlaing Campus, but not as big as No. (1).[2]

During the 2013 Southeast Asian Games, modern sports facilities such as the Wunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium in Zambu Thiri Sports Complex and Zeyar Thiri Indoor Stadium in the military-owned Zeyar Thiri Sports Complex emerged in Naypyidaw. However, unlike the Thuwanna Indoor Stadium, these stadiums are a combination of the 3,000-seat A and C Stadiums and the 5,000-seat B Stadium.[3]

Since August 2019, China has been repairing and renovating the dilapidated stadium.[4]

The stadium held many Lethwei events[5][6] and mixed martial arts events by ONE Championship.[7]

References
  1. "တရုတ်ပြည်သူ့သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ၏ အကူအညီဖြင့် အမျိုးသားအားကစားပြိုင်ပွဲရုံ (၁)၊ သုဝဏ္ဏအား ပြန်လည် ပြင်ဆင်ခြင်းလုပ်ငန်း စတင်ခြင်း အခမ်းအနားသို့ ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီး တက်ရောက်" (in Burmese).
  2. "မြန်မာနိုင်ငံနှင့် အားကစား ပြိုင်ဝင်းကြီးများ (၂)" (in Burmese).
  3. "Let the Games begin".
  4. "National Indoor Stadium (1) Thuwunna to be upgraded with Chinese aid".
  5. Eaton, Matt (20 November 2017). "Dave Leduc returns for fifth title shot on 10 December". The Fight Nation. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018.
  6. Starr, Marie (23 August 2016). "Myanmar Triumphs In Lethwei Championship". Myanmore. Myanmar's first International Lethwei Championship took place in Thuwunna Indoor Stadium
  7. "Myanmar's fans are strength for the 'Burmese Python'". Myanmar Times. March 18, 2016. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
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