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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 Olympic Sports Centre [1] (Chinese: 国家奥林匹克体育中心; pinyin: Guójiā Àolínpǐkè Tǐyù Zhōngxīn) or Olympic Sports Center Stadium [2] (simplified Chinese: 奥体中心体育场; traditional Chinese: 奧體中心體育場; pinyin: Àotǐ Zhōngxīn Tǐyùchǎng) is a multi-purpose stadium in Chaoyang District, Beijing, China.
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 ...
Beijing National Stadium The Olympic Green in 2017. The Beijing National Stadium (国家体育场) or "Bird's Nest" (鸟巢) is the centerpiece of this project. It hosted the opening and closing ceremonies, athletics, and football finals of the Games. The stadium has room for 91,000 spectators, but the capacity was reduced to 80,000 after the ...
The center is located in Beijing, just 1.7 miles (2.7 km) from the National Stadium (a.k.a. The Birds Nest Stadium). The tennis center covers an area of 41.22 acres (166,800 m 2) with a floor space of 285,394 sq ft (26,514.0 m 2). The center currently has 12 competition hard courts and 35 training courts, including 20 hard courts, 10 indoor ...
The creative team for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games consisted of a roster of renowned individuals. The artistic performance of the Opening Ceremony, titled the "Beautiful Olympics", had the internationally acclaimed filmmaker Zhang Yimou as General Director, and Zhang Jigang and Chen Weiya ...
It was a large-scale comprehensive project, rare in Beijing in integrating cultural, sporting, and commercial purposes with large-scale gardens and green spaces. On 6 January 2011 MasterCard Worldwide, the rival of Olympic sponsor Visa, announced the acquisition of the naming rights to the center. It was renamed MasterCard Center effective from ...
Location in central Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan (Olympic Park) station [ 1 ] ( simplified Chinese : 奥林匹克公园站 ; traditional Chinese : 奧林匹克公園站 ; pinyin : Àolínpǐkè Gōngyuán zhàn ) is an interchange station on Line 8 and Line 15 of the Beijing Subway .