# DY Patil Stadium

The DY Patil Stadium (officially known as Dr. DY Patil Sports Stadium) is a multi-purpose sports arena in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Owned by Marathi politician Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil, it is based in the D.Y. Patil Sports Academy in Nerul. It is primarily a cricket stadium, though it is sometimes used for football, music concerts and other events.
It was inaugurated on 4 March 2008 as the home ground of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Mumbai Indians (MI). It has hosted the inuagral IPL season's final in 2008 and the 2010 season final. In 2022 season the arena hosted number of games.
The stadium has also hosted international football matches during the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup and the 2023–24 AFC Champions League.
The capacity of 45,300 makes it the ninth-largest cricket stadium in India. The stadium makes use of bucket seats and cantilever roofs that eliminate the need for columns. This provides the spectators with an unobstructed view of the match from any place within the stands. On the other hand, the stadium has a 120-person capacity air-conditioned media center. The upper level of the viewing galleries has 60 private corporate boxes. This stadium also holds an inter-school cricket match for DY Patil International school every year.
The arena is hosting games of the Women's Premier League (WPL) since 4 March 2023. It has hosted the opening game-ceremony and scheduled to host final match.

## Notable events
### Local cricket tournaments

Times Shield
Mumbai Cricket Association Times Shield matches are played at DY Patil. The Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy organised India's first official T20 tournament in 2005. The tournament is hosted annually at the stadium and includes:
* D.Y. Patil 'A'
* D.Y. Patil 'B'
* Mumbai Customs
* Jain Irrigation
* Indian Oil
* Central Railway
* Income Tax
* BPCL
* Reliance 1
* CAG
* Indian Navy
* Bank of Baroda
* Canara Bank
* Air India
* RBI
* Western Railway

### ODI

The seventh ODI between India and Australia during Australia's 2009 tour of India was to be played on 11 November 2009, but was cancelled due to heavy rain.

## Concerts

On 16 November 2019, Dua Lipa and Katy Perry headlined the One Plus Music Festival.
In September 2019, U2 announced a concert in the stadium on 15 December as part of the Joshua Tree Tour 2019.
On May 10th 2017, Justin Bieber performed here as part of his Purpose World Tour.
In December 2017, the World's Biggest Guestlist Festival, 2-day event was held, organised by Shailendra Singh and Guestlist4Good, with Hardwell, W&W, Nucleya, Adnan Sami, Shaan, Mithoon, KillTheBuzz, Suyano, Aditi Singh Sharma, Armaan Malik performing. 75,000 fans were in attendance on the second day, United we Are by Hardwell, and the event supported the education of 100,000 underprivileged Indian children through Magic Bus.
In December 2015, Hardwell was invited by Shailendra Singh to perform for the World's Biggest Guestlist event at the venue, waiving his personal appearance fee in favour of donating all of the proceeds to charity. Guestlist4Good opened 75,000 spots on Hardwell's personal guestlist for over 125,000 pre-registered fans, while also accepting pledges and donations to provide educational aid for 2,800 children from age 8 to 18.
On 25 November 2023, the American rapper, 50 Cent, performed here in his The Final Lap Tour.
On 19 September 2024, British rock band Coldplay announced two concerts on 18, 19 January 2025 as part of their Music of the Spheres World Tour. Due to the overwhelming demand for tickets, an additional show was added on 21 January 2025. While fans stated it could have been a perfect evening, there was criticism towards poor planning and communication, which created several hurdles.

## World record

The Guinness World Records lists the "largest health awareness lesson (single venue)" as 51,861 participants, achieved by Nanasaheb Dharmadhikari Pratishthan at the stadium on 20 December 2013.