The DY Patil Stadium, (also known as DY Patil Sports Stadium), is a multi-purpose sports stadium in the DY Patil Sports Academy (DYPSA) at Nerul in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is a privately owned arena, being the home of the DYPSA. Primarily a cricket stadium, it is, however, sometimes used for football, music concerts and special events. The arena was officially inaugurated on 4 March 2008 and was briefly the home ground for IPL team Mumbai Indians. It hosted three IPL matches for the Mumbai Indians and has also hosted the 2008 Indian Premier League Final and 2010 Indian Premier League final. It hosted many games of 2022 IPL. The stadium has also hosted football matches during the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup. In 2014, it was announced that the stadium will be the home ground of the Indian Super League club Mumbai City FC. It has also hosted the Final of Hero ISL 2014 between Atlético de Kolkata and Kerala Blasters FC. The capacity of 55,000 makes it the ninth-largest cricket stadium in India. The stadium makes use of bucket seats and cantilever roofs that eliminate the need for columns. This provides the spectators with an unobstructed view of the match from any place within the stands. On the other hand, the stadium has a 120-person capacity air-conditioned media center. The upper level of the viewing galleries has 60 private corporate boxes.This stadium also holds an inter-school cricket match for DY Patil International school every year. The arena is set to host games of the upcoming Women's Premier League in March.
