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It will have a seating capacity of 75,000 and is touted as country’s biggest cricket stadium. “The chief secretary has in a way exempted UPCA from paying acquisition fee as the matter will be taken up with state government with the recommendation that it may be exempted,” said Ahmed. The association has plans to invest about 500 crore for developing the stadium and for that they are in talks with the makers of the Amsterdam Arena. GHAZIABAD: Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Anup Chandra Pandey, in a meeting on Wednesday agreed to UP Cricket Association’s (UPCA) demand of increased floor area ratio(FAR) and exemption from acquisition fee for the proposed international cricket stadium in Raj Nagar Extension area.The GDA and UPCA were in disagreement over these demands since long. As per a GDA official present at the meeting in Lucknow, this move will pave way for an early resumption of work on the proposed stadium.“The chief secretary has given a go-ahead for land use change from agricultural to commercial on 10 acres of land out of total 33 acres of land where the stadium will come up, ” said Ishtiyaque Ahmed, chief architect and town planner, GDA..