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There is now another stadium planned for the City of Surrey.

This comes after an upgrade was already announced for Bear Creek Stadium.

Now, $3.7 million has been approved by council for the planning, design and construction of a new Kabaddi facility with covered seating for more than 3,000 spectators.

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The location of the facility has not yet been decided but Philip Aguirre with the Newton Business Improvement Association hopes it’ll be coming to his community.

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“We definitely need to reinvest in infrastructure and Kabaddi is part of the South Asian community and a sport that is growing in Newton and Surrey at large, we need more facilities like this,” he said.

The city is currently working with the school district on a Kabaddi program in a few elementary schools to grow the sport.