PSA Phuentsholing Stadium

Phuentsholing Football Ground is a 5,000-capacity football stadium located in Phuntsholing, Bhutan. The Bhutan Olympic Committee instigated a major sport venue construction project in 2016 which included the insertion of multiple additions to the stadium.[2] Opened to the public in summer 2011, the field was previously prepared for paddy transplantations by the local footballers.[3]

PSA Phuentsholing Stadium
LocationPhuntsholing, Bhutan
OwnerPhuentsholing Sport Association (PSA)
OperatorPhuentsholing United
TypeSport venue
Capacity5,000
Field shaperectangular
SurfaceGrass (until 2016)
Artificial turf (2016–present)
Opened2011
Tenants
Phuentsholing United[1]

It is the only recreational venue in Phuntsholing as the annual inter-departmental football department start date depends solely on when the PSA Football Ground is ready for usage.[4]

Preparatory work on the stadium was needed as it was hosting an event to celebrate Bhutan's monarch Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.[3]

Ground

Hosting the 2011 Bhutan Monsoon Tournament, more fixtures were played irrespective of the rainfall reducing the pitch to a desolate field of uprooted grass roots which was a problem in the monsoon season.[3]

Artificial turf was built to supplant the sand pitch, costing a budget of 16.5 million Bhutanese ngultrums.[5]

Expansions
2009–2010

A facelift of the PSA Football Ground started in 2009 which saw a three-sided public gallery that could contain 5,000 people. A considerable sum of 9.8 million Bhutanese ngultrums was provided in assistance to the project from the Asian Development Bank.[6]

2017

A V-shaped drain was constructed as well as the laying of paved blocks. Around 90,428 Bhutanese ngultrums were paid to the contractors in accordance with the instruction to the bidders.[7]

References
  1. "PSA Phuentsholing Stadium – Soccerway". Int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  2. "Major sports facilities in the pipeline". Kueselonline.com. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  3. "Nawang P Phuntsho". Nawangpenstar.com. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2017-03-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Phuentsholing to get its own artificial turf". Kuenselonline.com. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2017-03-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2017-03-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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