India
Salt Lake Stadium
The Salt Lake Stadium, also known as the Stadium of the Indian Youth, is a
football stadium in Kolkata. The stadium was built in 1984 and holds 120
000 in a three-tier configuration. It is one of the largest
stadiums in the world. The Salt Lake Stadium hosts the home games of East
Bengal Club and Mohun Bagan AC, two of the big clubs in Indian football. The
traditional Kolkata derbies between both clubs take
place in this stadium accompanied by much fanfare, feverish emotions, and on
a few occasions outbreaks of violence. Most of these matches are attended by
capacity crowds of vociferous, partisan supporters of both teams.
Traditionally East Bengal Club fans celebrates their win by eating Hilsa
fish and Mohun Bagan AC fans celebrate wins by eating prawns.
