PSA Phuentsholing Stadium, also known as Phuentsholing Football Ground or PSA Ground,[2] is a 5,000-capacity association football stadium located in Phuntsholing, Bhutan. The Bhutan Olympic Committee instigated a major sport venue construction project in 2016 which included the insertion of multiple additions to the stadium.[3] Opened to the public in summer 2011, the field was previously prepared for paddy transplantations by the local footballers.[4]
It is the only recreational venue in Phuntsholing. For example, the annual inter-departmental football tournament start depends solely on the PSA Football Ground being ready for usage.[5] Preparatory work on the stadium was needed as it was hosting an event to celebrate Bhutan's monarch, King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.[4]
Hosting the 2011 Bhutan Monsoon Tournament, more fixtures were played irrespective of the rainfall reducing the pitch to a desolate field of uprooted grass roots which was a problem in the monsoon season.[4]Artificial turf was built to supplant the sand pitch, costing a budget of 16.5 million Bhutanese ngultrums.[6]
Expansions
A facelift of the PSA Football Ground started in 2009 which saw a three-sided public gallery that could hold 5,000 spectators. A considerable sum of 9.8 million Bhutanese ngultrums was provided in assistance to the project from the Asian Development Bank.[7] In 2017, a V-shaped drain was constructed as well as the laying of paved blocks. Around 90,428 Bhutanese ngultrums were paid to the contractors in accordance with the instruction to the bidders.[8]
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