[3] The stadium is located at an area which was formerly known as Depot Maidan within the Asramam Government property complex, less than 700 meters from the Chinnakada traffic circle.

As part of that, Government of Kerala have facilitated 29 venues in the state spread over Trivandrum, Kollam, Kochi, Thrissur, Kozhikode and Alappuzha cities.

Administrative sanction and construction works for the stadium has been started on 2005, in a 4.78 acres plot for a cost of Rs.

M. Vijayakumar, the then Sports Minister of Kerala had laid the foundation stone for the stadium on 20 January 2005.

[13] The International Hockey Stadium was named as Dhyan Chand Plaza during the time of National Games.