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The National Stadium [3] (国家体育场), a.k.a. the Bird's Nest (鸟巢), [4] is a stadium at Olympic Green in Chaoyang, Beijing, China. The National Stadium, covering an area of 204,000 square meters with 91,000 capacity, broke ground in December 2003, officially started construction in March 2004, and was completed in June 2008.
The National Indoor Stadium (国家体育馆), a.k.a. Folding Fan (折扇), is an arena located at Olympic Green in Chaoyang, Beijing, China. [2] [3] [4] The stadium has a capacity of 20,000 people, [5] and was constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics. It is nicknamed the Fan (扇子, shànzi) due to its design resembling a traditional Chinese ...
Stadium Capacity City Province Tenants Images Guangdong Olympic Stadium: 80,012: Guangzhou: Guangdong: 2001 National Games of China, 2009 Asian Athletics Championships, 2010 Asian Games: Beijing National Stadium: 80,000 [1] Beijing: Beijing: 2008 Summer Olympics, 2015 World Championships in Athletics, 2022 Winter Olympics: Hangzhou Sports Park ...
Beijing National Stadium: 80,000 [1] Beijing: Beijing: 2008 Summer Olympics, 2015 World Championships in Athletics, 2022 Winter Olympics: 3: Hangzhou Sports Park:
1 Nanjing: Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park Gymnasium [1] 21,000 Nanjing Monkey Kings: 2 Beijing: Beijing National Indoor Stadium [2] 2007 18,000 3 Beijing: Wukesong Arena [3] 2008 18,000 Beijing Ducks: 4 Chengdu: Chengdu Phoenix Mountain Indoor Stadium: 2021 18,000 5 Dalian: Damai Center: 2013 18,000 6 Guangzhou: Guangzhou International ...
The Beijing National Stadium (Bird’s Nest stadium) in Beijing by Herzog and de Meuron was the building most often cited, by seven respondents, as the most significant structure of the 21st century so far. [2] Counted by architect, works by Frank Gehry received the most votes, followed by those of Rem Koolhaas.
June 28 – Beijing National Stadium designed by Herzog & de Meuron (known as the "Bird's Nest"), opened for the 2008 Summer Olympics. August 1 – Beijing South railway station, designed by Terry Farrell, opened. September A. P. Møller School, Schleswig, Germany, designed by C. F. Møller Architects.
China's national flag carried into the National Stadium Attention was then turned to 56 young children representing the 56 ethnic groups of modern China , and wearing respective costumes. They marched in the flag of the People's Republic of China as a young girl in red, 9-year-old Lin Miaoke (林妙可 Lín Miàokě ), was seen performing " Ode ...