Popular Stadiums in Tamil Nadu:

                          There are several stadiums in Chennai where sports like cricket, football are generally held. The people from Tamil Nadu State are sports lover and they prefer to spend most of their leisure time in some kind of outdoor or indoor games. One of the most Popular Stadium in Tamil Nadu is MA Chidambaram Stadium, it is a popular stadium in Chennai. The stadium is named after the ex- President of BCCI and the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association, Mr. M. A. Chidambaram. The stadium is popularly recognized as Madras Cricket Club Ground. The stadium hosted its first match on 10 February 1934. Indian cricket team won their first Test match against England in M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in the year 1952.

                      It was established in the year 1916. It is the oldest Cricket Stadium in India. It is Commonly known as Chepauk Stadium, its first match was played on 10th February 1934. It was Built by the East Coast Constructions and Industries.

                     The Indian cricket team won its first ever Test victory in 1952 against England in MA Chidambarak Stadium, Chennai. Famous Cricketer Sunil Gavaskar notched up his record breaking 30th Test hundred on this ground in 1983-84. The India-Australia encounter in 1986-87 ended in a tie - only the second in the Cricket's long history. The next season, leg spinner Narendra Hirwani claimed the best match analysis by a player on Test debut, finishing with 16 for 136. The Chepauk Stadium crowd is known to be amongst the most appreciative in the whole country. This was proved when those presence gave a standing ovation to Saeed Anwar after his record breaking 194 against India in the Independence Cup match in 1997 and again when Pakistan won a Test match in 1999.  A truly overwhelmed Pakistani team even made a lap of honour in appreciation of the spectators' sporting behavior. It is the home ground of the Tamil Nadu cricket team and also for the Chennai Super Kings which participate in and won the Indian Premier League two times.

                     Secondly, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is famous stadium in Chennai that can easily occupy almost 40,000 people. The stadium got its name from India’s first Prime Minister, Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru. The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is a home to several sports like Foot ball, Volley ball, Basket ball, Table tennis along with other athletic matches. This stadium has large seating arrangements constituting many people. 

Next to Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, there is an Indoor Stadium situated which is also called as Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium. The indoor stadium has a seating capacity of 8000 seats. Audience can easily occupy places to be seated. It hosts volleyball Match, Basket ball Match, Table tennis and other indoor games in the stadium. Here large feasts of movies takes place, There are also entertainment shows and TV shows (such as super singer junior 3) takes place. New film Audio songs release are also conducted frequently in this stadium.

                       Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium, is a well recognized National Hockey Stadium in India, located near Egmore Railway Station in chennai. It was named after Radhakrishnan Pillai, It hosts the Nation Sports of India, Hockey in its stadium. The 1996 Men's Champions Trophy held in this stadium, and this stadium also hosted the tournament again in December 2005. In 2007 edition of Asian Hockey Championship took place in this stadium, in which India triumphed by a thumping margin of 7-2 over South Korea. Also all division matches of the Chennai Hockey Association conducted here  and it is referred as the home ground of the World Series Hockey team Chennai Cheetah. It is one of the famous stadium in Chennai.

                          Raja Ratnam Stadium (Chennai) is also another famous stadium in Chennai located in Marshall’s road in Egmore. The stadium is generally used by the TamilNadu Police Department. It is also much used for sports festivals of schools colleges and the police academy. Madhavi, sports student said, Raja Ratnam Stadium is one of the best and outstanding stadium in Chennai. It has got a large area where thousands of people can be accommodated. Her school sports day used to take place in this stadium, she also included that it is one of her memorable place in Chennai city.

                         SDAT - Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu Tennis Stadium in Chennai is famous as Nungambakkam Tennis Stadium. The Chennai Open ATP Tennis championships are generally hosted every year during the first week of January in this Stadium.  The third round Davis Cup tie in Asia/Oceania Group I, Match between Australia and India took place at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in May 2009.

                      Indian Open tennis tournament takes place annually since 1997 in this Stadium. Legends like Boris Becker and Patrick Rafter took part in Goldflake Open held in this Stadium and In 1998 Patrick Rafter went to win the tournament. The stadium has also witnessed the birth of the celebrated Indian doubles pair of Leader Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, they both have won the first three editions of the Goldflake Open held in this stadium. The complex has five hard courts including the floodlit centre court which has a seating Capacity of about 5800. Davis Cup tie from 17–19 September 2010 also took place here. The Brazil Davis Cup Team was defeated by the Indian Davis Cup team in 2010, IN THE 2010 davis Cup World Group. It plays off to advance to the 2011Davis Cup World Group.

                  Velachery Aquatic Complex Stadium in Chennai can accommodate about 4,000 people. It hosts several water sports. It is an ideal venue for the 1995 South Asian Games.  Guindy Race Course, Chemplast Cricket Ground, Kari Motor Speedway, Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium, Nehru Stadium(Coimbatore), Giundy Race Course, Sreeperamabtur Race Stadium, Madhurai Race Course, Trichy Stadium are the other popular stadiums in Tamil Nadu State.

                      A new state of the art cricket stadium has been established at Karunkuzhipallam almost about 25 km from Chennai on August 26, 2008. The stadium accommodate about 50,000 to 60,000 spectators at one go. Most of the people who are basically sports lover travel to this city to get immense opportunities as far as sporting are concerned.