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{{Short description|Multi-purpose facility}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox stadium
| name = Andheri Sports Complex
| logo_image =
| image = Andheri Sports Complex Tower.jpg
| fullname =
| location =[[Veera Desai Road]], [[Andheri]] West, [[Mumbai]], 400053 [[India]] |
broke_ground = |
opened = 1988|
closed = |
demolished = |
owner = Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation|
operator = |
surface = |
construction_cost 30 crore rupees= |
architect = |
former names= |
tenants =Mumbai city FC |
seating_capacity =20,000<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/world/news/e3if071151a9941bb2d0cd923bdde5d1684?imw=Y "Live Earth will have an encore in India"]. ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''</ref> |
}}
The '''Andheri Sports Complex ''' also known as '''Shahaji Raje Krida Sankul''' is a multi-purpose facility located on [[Veera Desai Road]] in [[Andheri]] West, [[Mumbai]], [[India]]. It was built in 1988 at Rs. 30 crore for schools that lacked the necessary infrastructure to hold sports meets.<ref>{{cite news |title=Focus on sports, not shows |url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20City&sectid=2&contentid=2008080620080806023332173641f8e5a |work=[[Mumbai Mirror]] |date=6 August 2008 |accessdate=8 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702222607/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?page=article |archive-date=2 July 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The complex is used for both national level sports tournaments like squash, boxing, tennis and karate. The sports complex has an olympic size swimming pool and a diving pool with 4 diving levels. In 2016, it was redeveloped<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2016/05/31/23968512/indian-football-aaditya-thackeray-the-brain-behind-mumbai|publisher=Goal}} </ref> to include a modern football stadium in accordance with FIFA guidelines and known as Mumbai Football Arena.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Mumbai-to-get-world-class-football-stadium-in-Andheri-sports-complex/articleshow/50508999.cms|title=Mumbai to get world-class football stadium in Andheri sports complex|first=Vijay V|last=Singh|date=9 January 2016|newspaper=Times of India|accessdate=23 June 2018}}</ref>

==Overview==
The [[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation]] opened the World Cup cricket gallery for public viewing in January 2012. The gallery displays statues of the Indian players who were part of the teams that won the Cricket World Cups for India in 1983 and 2011. The gallery also showcases memorabilia like cricket kits, photographs and cricket bats bearing autographs of prominent players since the World Cup event started in 1975. The gallery was inaugurated by legendary cricketer [[Sunil Gavaskar]].<ref>{{cite news |title=World Cup cricket gallery thrown open for public in Mumbai |url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/MAH-MUM-world-cup-cricket-gallery-thrown-open-for-public-in-mumbai-2708048.html?PRVNX= |work=[[Daily Bhaskar]] |date=4 Jan 2012 |accessdate=8 March 2012 }}</ref>

A number of [[Bollywood]] films have been shot in the complex and its stadium has been used for commercial entertainment programmes like the [[Star Screen Awards]],
pop music concerts like those of [[Michael Jackson]], who performed here on 1 November 1996 as part of his [[HIStory World Tour]] in front of 65,000 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Jackson History Tour Dates |url=http://www.michael-jackson-trader.com/tours/historytourdates.html |accessdate=8 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714082943/http://www.michael-jackson-trader.com/tours/historytourdates.html |archive-date=14 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[Bon Jovi]] also performed to a sold-out crowd on their 1995 [[These Days Tour]].
Charity organizations also make use of the center. Actor [[Salman Khan]] performed at a charity event at the center in October to raise money for the victims of the [[2008 Bihar flood]].<ref name = "TOI">{{cite news|title=Salman Khan to help Bihar flood victims |url=http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2008/sep/05salman.htm|publisher=[[Rediff.com]] |date= 5 September 2008 |accessdate=8 March 2012}}</ref>

A football stadium called [[Mumbai Football Arena]] is the project which has been completed in time for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in 2017<ref>{{cite news|last1=Singh|first1=Vijay|title=Mumbai to get world-class football stadium in Andheri sports complex|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Mumbai-to-get-world-class-football-stadium-in-Andheri-sports-complex/articleshow/50508999.cms|accessdate=9 January 2016|issue=Mumbai - City edition|publisher=Times Of India}}</ref>
The stadium hosted a celebrity charity match, termed as "Celebrity Classico 2016" on 4 June 2016. It took place at the Mumbai Football Arena, Andheri Sports Complex, to generate funds for charitable initiatives in which [[Virat Kohli]] and [[Abhishek Bachchan]] are involved. Bachchan didn't play in the match due to back injury and his team was led by [[Ranbir Kapoor]]. The match ended in a 2-2 draw. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/photos/sports-gallery/virat-kohlis-xi-draws-2-2-with-abhishek-bachchans-xi-in-celebrity-clasico-2016-2835134/|publisher=Indian Express}}</ref>

The [[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation]] has decided to keep the ground only for sports centric events. They have started work on the turf towards creating a football stadium. The stadium will have a capacity of 18,000 seats.<ref name="Football stadium seats">{{cite news|last1=Bali|first1=Rahul|title=Thackeray keen on Andheri Sports Complex to be used for India games|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2015/07/25/13868532/thackeray-keen-on-andheri-sports-complex-to-be-used-for|accessdate=9 January 2016|date=25 July 2015}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="150">
File:Andheri Sports Complex Diving Pool.jpg|Andheri Sports Complex Diving Pool
File:Andheri Sports Complex Olympic Size Swimming pool.jpg|Andheri Sports Complex Olympic Size Swimming pool
File:Andheri Sports Complex Swimming Pool.jpg|Andheri Sports Complex Swimming Pool
File:Andheri sports complex stadium.jpg|Andheri sports complex stadium
</gallery>

== References ==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Sports venues in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Swimming venues in India]]
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[[Category:Sports venues completed in 1988]]
[[Category:1988 establishments in Maharashtra]]
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