It also has eight-lane 400 metres (1,300 ft) synthetic athletic track.

[1][2] The stadium was built by the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu in 1970 at a cost of ₹3 crore (equivalent to ₹148 crore or US$17 million in 2023)[1][3] funded by the state government.

The synthetic turf imported from Netherlands, was laid in two weeks by a professional from England.

[3] In 2011, construction of a new multi-purpose stadium at a cost of ₹1.77 crore (US$200,000) was started.

With this, Trichy became the fourth city in Tamil Nadu after Chennai, Coimbatore, and Madurai to have such facility for athletics.