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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 ...
In addition, six venues outside Beijing hosted events, two of which were newly built for the Olympics. Beijing won its bid to host the 2008 Olympics on 13 July 2001. [ 1 ] The first new venues to begin construction were the Beijing National Stadium , Beijing National Aquatics Center , Beijing Shooting Range Hall , and the Laoshan Velodrome ...
List of cities that hosted multiple editions of the Olympic Games Total City Country Region Summer Olympics Winter Olympics 3 London United Kingdom: Europe 3 (1908, 1948, 2012) Los Angeles United States: North America 3 (1932, 1984, 2028) Paris France: Europe 3 (1900, 1924, 2024) 2 Albertville: 2 (1992, 2030 [29]) Athens Greece: 2 (1896, 2004 ...
The 2026 Winter Olympic Games are officially a year away. ... the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics during the closing ceremony for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games at Beijing National Stadium.
Aerial view of the center in 2019 Lotus Court during the 2008 Summer Olympics. 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 ...