Galle International Stadium
Galle, Sri Lanka
35,000
recorded capacity
1 block = 1,000 placesoutline continues to Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, 35,000
Galle International Stadium is the 2nd-oldest (opened 1876) of the 606 listed stadiums in Asia. It is also the southernmost of the 6 listed stadiums in Sri Lanka.
It is the joint largest of the 6 listed stadiums in Sri Lanka. Its capacity equals 20.4% of the combined capacity of the listed stadiums in Sri Lanka. The nearest listed stadium is Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, 96.5 km away.
- Listed for
- Cricket
- Tenants
- Sri Lanka Cricket
- Position
- 6.03° N, 80.22° E
Where it stands in Sri Lanka
- Galle International Stadium35,000
- Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadiumsame figure35,000
- Pallekele International Cricket Stadiumsame figure35,000
- R. Premadasa Stadiumsame figure35,000
- 2 more listed stadiums
From the record
- Owner
- Galle Cricket Club
- First men's Test
- 1998
- Compared with the median in Sri Lanka
- 1.0 times the median capacity of 35,000 across its 6 listed stadiums
- Opened in the 1870s in Sri Lanka
- 1 of the 6 listed stadiums, this one included
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- Greenfield International Stadium, 463 km
Nearest listed stadiums
- Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium · east35,000 places, opened 200996.5 km
- Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium · north15,000 places, opened 1945105.3 km
- R. Premadasa Stadium · north35,000 places, opened 1986107.9 km
- Pallekele International Cricket Stadium · north35,000 places, opened 2009149.7 km
- Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium · north16,800 places, opened 2000208.4 km
Source: Wikipedia, Galle International Stadium.