Mamata to inaugurate the refurbished Vivekanada Yuba Bharati Krirangan today

Kolkata, Sep 12: The refurbished Salt Lake Stadium, which will host the final of the Fifa U-17 World Cup, will be handed over to FIFA today by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Giving it a 10/10 rating, LOC tournament director Javier Ceppi said the revamped stadium is at par with any world-class venue that has hosted a Fifa World Cup final. “ If you ask me it looks like a museum, be the entrance or the inside. Or like the teams said it looks the lobby of a five-star hotel, ” Ceppi said, thanking Ms Banerjee for getting the work done in two and half years’ time. “ They (West Bengal government) took the challenge. This stadium now can be compared to other stadia in the world that have hosted a Fifa World Cup final.” The revamp of the stadium, formally known as Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan, which was taken up on February 1, 2015, cost the West Bengal government more than Rs 100 crore. UNI