Construction
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- More than 30,000 square metres of concrete was poured into the structure's shutters.
- More than 4,500 tons of reinforcement was used in the floor area of 48,000 square metres – and this does not include the seating areas.
- Nearly 500,000 pockets of cement went into the work done over 3.2 million man hours.
- There are about 3.1 million bricks laid at the stadium, 1,372 windows of various sizes, more than 4.1 km of handrails and a total of 70 km piping for chairs.
- There are fifty 200-watt speakers, thirty 30-watt speakers and 245 speakers clustered around the stadium.
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