page_title: Rourkela
section_title: Stadiums
hierarchical_section_title: Rourkela / Sports / Stadiums
caption_attribution_description: rourkela
context_page_description: Rourkela is a planned city located in the northern part of Odisha, India. The city is also the headquarter of Sundargarh district. It is the third-largest Urban Agglomeration in Odisha. It is situated about 328 kilometres north of state capital Bhubaneswar and is surrounded by a range of hills and encircled by rivers - Koel, Sankha, and Brahmani. The city is also popularly known as Ispat Nagar and also as the Steel City of Odisha. It has one of the largest steel plants of the Steel Authority of India Limited known as Rourkela Steel Plant. It also has one of the National Institutes of Technology of the country. The city has been selected as smart city in the third phase of the smart city list on 20 September 2016. Among all the 27 city list Rourkela ranked 12th position on merit basis. Every year, on 3 March Rourkela Day is celebrated. Rourkela has been declared India's Fastest Moving City. Rourkela is third largest city of Odisha State
context_section_description: Rourkela has an International hockey stadium with synthetic astroturf which has been host to World Junior Hockey Championship and been a training centre to most of the international Hockey players of India. Ispat Stadium has been host for several Ranji Trophy matches and youth ODIs. The city has produced many reputed Ranji players in the recent times. RSP does promote various different sports like - Cycling, Boxing, Archery, Soccer and lots more.
  Sport Stadium
  Sports Hostel, Chhend
  Biju Patnaik Hockey Stadium (Sector-5)
  Ispat Stadium (Sector-6)
  Indoor Stadium (Sector-20)
  Sports Hostel, Panposh
  Ispat Mini Stadium, Fertiliser Township (Sector-22)
  Chhend Mini Stadium, Chhend
  Jalda Mini Stadium, Jalda
  Sports people
  Hockey
  Binita Toppo (female hockey)
  Dilip Tirkey
  Lazarus Barla
  Ignace Tirkey
  Prabodh Tirkey (younger brother of Ignace Tirkey)
  Birendra Lakra
  Other sports
  Rachita Mistry ( Sprinter )
  Natraj Behera ( Cricket )
caption: Biju Patnaik Hockey Stadium
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