The Choa Chu Kang Stadium (also known as the CCK Stadium) is part of the Choa Chu Kang Sports and Recreation complex located in Choa Chu Kang

Choa Chu Kang

Choa Chu Kang is a major residential town and neighbourhood and is a suburban area in the West Region of Singapore...

, Singapore

Singapore

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. The international competition standard, multi-sport facility supports a range of sports and community functions, and opened in the year 2001. The main grandstand has a capacity of 4,000 people.

The stadium

Stadium

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 itself is home to Singapore Armed Forces FC/SAFFC during the S-league football

Football (soccer)

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 season. The stadium has become familiar for its elegant and soaring curved white steel roof, with supporting pylons, that covers the main grandstand.

The football

Football (soccer)

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 pitch itself consists of a self-watering "cell-system" turf pitch installation, supplied from Switzerland and approved by FIFA

FIFA

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 for international competition.

Other international competition standard facilities surrounding the stadium include a 50m Olympic swimming pool, a running track and athletics facilities, and a sports hall supporting indoor sports and activities.

The public can also access further outdoor facilities, such as tennis

Tennis

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 courts, petanque sandpits, street soccer pitches, as well as indoor facilities, including basketball

Basketball

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 and badminton

Badminton

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 courts, a gym

Gym

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 and a dance

Dance

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 training room.

The Singapore Sports Council

Singapore Sports Council

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 operated Sports Complex also caters to local community recreational needs, with a range of fun-oriented pools, including a wave pool, waterslide, bubble pools, children's play pools.

A range of food outlets, a restaurant, a childcare center, shops, and comfortable, relaxing public spaces help make this a community friendly sports and recreation facility.

Identified as an exemplary community and competition sports facility in Singapore, the Choa Chu Kang Sport Complex and Stadium won a Singapore Institute of Architects

Singapore Institute of Architects

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 Merit Award in 2002, and a CIDB Construction Excellence Award in 2003. The design was cited in particular for its exciting entry experience, public concourse, and use of colour, and is a representative example of the work of the architect

Architect

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 Alex Ford, working through the local Singaporean practice Elton-Roade.

The stadium is three bus stops away from Choa Chu Kang MRT/LRT Station

Choa Chu Kang MRT/LRT Station

The Choa Chu Kang MRT/LRT Station is an interchange station serving the Choa Chu Kang area of Singapore. It is part of the North South MRT Line and it is also the terminus of the Bukit Panjang LRT Line...

. Visitors can take the bus 307 from the Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange

Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange

The Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange is a local bus interchange which mainly serves the residential neighbourhood of Choa Chu Kang. Located at Choa Chu Kang Loop and connected to the Choa Chu Kang MRT/LRT Station and the Lot One Shoppers' Mall, the interchange is operated under SMRT...

to access the stadium.