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For the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, a total of thirty-seven venues were used. Events took place at eleven pre-existing venues, twelve new venues constructed for the Olympics, and eight temporary venues that were removed following the games. In addition, six venues outside Beijing hosted events, two of which were newly built for the Olympics.
West gate of the west wing Colored map of the Olympic Green.The Olympic Village is highlighted in yellow. The Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics Village (simplified Chinese: 北京奥运村; traditional Chinese: 北京奧運村; pinyin: Běijīng 2008 Àoyùn Cūn) is a complex of high-rise apartments in Beijing, China, which were opened to the public on July 27, 2008 and closed on August 27, 2008 ...
The showpiece of the 2008 Summer Olympics was the Beijing National Stadium, nicknamed "The Bird's Nest" because of its nest-like skeletal structure. The stadium hosted both the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the athletics competition. [ 24 ]
2004 • 2008 • 2012 • 2016 • 2020 • 2024 • 2028 ... Pages in category "Venues of the 2008 Summer Olympics" The following 39 pages are in this category, out ...
The stadium's design originally planned to have capacity of 100,000 people; however, 9,000 were removed during a simplification of the design. The new total of 91,000 was shaved further when 11,000 temporary seats were removed after the 2008 Summer Olympics; decreasing the stadium's capacity to current 80,000.
During the 2008 Olympics—where it hosted diving, swimming and synchronized swimming events—25 world records were broken in this facility. [6] In July 2010, a renovation of the facility was completed, which included the addition of a 12,000 m 2 (130,000 sq ft) public water park. After renovation and adaptive configuration, the Water Cube ...
Including researchers’ estimates for the Paris Games, five of the past six Olympics (summer and winter) had inflation-adjusted cost overruns of well more than 100%, according to an Oxford ...
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, it hosted the artistic gymnastics, trampolining, and handball events. After the Olympics, the stadium is used for sports competition, cultural and entertaining purposes, and serves as a multi-functional exercise center for local residents. In 2015 it hosted the ice hockey women's world championship Beijing 2015.