NATIONAL HOCKEY STADIUM LAHORE

 

National hockey stadium is the world's largest hockey stadium with the capacity of at least 45,000 spectators. The stadium has great history in the field of hockey covering not only local but international contests. It hosted 1990 hockey world cup final between Pakistan and Netherlands, unfortunately Pakistan lost the match 3-1. National hockey stadium holds several world records including its capacity, the rest of them are
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BIGGEST CROWD IN THE HISTORY OF HOCKEY

On the day of 1990 hockey world cup final, the crowd at National Hockey Stadium was biggest in the history of field hockey. keeping in mind, the capacity of stadium (45000), word has it that crowd was exceeding the figure of 60,000 which is by far the biggest appearance of hockey lovers.
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NATIONAL ANTHEM RECORD 

 

During the opening ceremony of Punjab Youth Festival 2012, Pakistan successfully broke the Indian record of National Anthem while 42,813 Pakistanis sang their National Anthem at National Hockey Stadium Lahore.
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WORLD'S LARGEST HUMAN FLAG

 

Another world record made by Pakistan at the same occasion, at the same place was world's largest human flag. 24,200 Pakistani students participated in this event.
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LARGEST HUMAN MOSAIC RECORD

 

1,936 Pakistani students broke the record of largest human mosaic at National Hockey Stadium Lahore in 2012. The human mosaic was of the Shahi Qila (Lahore Fort).