People's Football Stadium

People's Football Stadium
People's Ground
Location	Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Coordinates	24°51′31″N 66°59′18″E / 24.85861°N 66.98833°E
Owner	Karachi Metropolitan Corporation; (formerly City District Government)
Operator	Karachi Metropolitan Corporation
Capacity	40,000
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	1988
Opened	9 December 1995
Construction cost	USD 30.7 Million
Tenants
	Pakistan national football team (1995–); Habib Bank F.C. (1995–2015); K-Electric (1995–2020)

The People's Football Stadium is a football stadium located in Lyari, a neighbourhood in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is owned by the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation, formerly City District Government of Karachi. The stadium can accommodate 40,000 spectators.

The stadium is part of a sports complex which also houses a boxing arena having capacity of 5,000 spectators, and a gymnasium sports complex where indoor sports like volleyball, badminton and basketball are played.

Overview

The stadium was built in 1988, and opened on 9 December 1995. It covers an area of 10 acres (40,000 m²). In 1999, when Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto came into power, new floodlights imported from France worth PKR 30.7 million were installed, to enable evening matches to take place. The Pakistan national football team moved to the Peoples Football Stadium from the Railway Stadium in Lahore.

Major matches

The stadium, hosted the South Asian Football Federation Championship in 2005. It also hosted all the matches in the inaugural Karachi Football League and Geo Super Football League in 2007.

The group stages of 2012 KPT Challenge Cup was held in this stadium along with KPT Football Stadium. The stadium is currently used for the final phase of 2018–19 Pakistan Premier League.