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Haixia Olympic Center
Sports venue in Fuzhou, Fujian, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Fuzhou Strait Olympic Sports Center (Chinese: 福州海峡奥林匹克体育中心; pinyin: Fúzhōu Hǎixiá Àolínpǐkè Tǐyù Zhōngxīn), also known as the Haixia Olympic Center or Strait Olympic Center (Chinese: 海峡奥体; pinyin: Hǎixiá Ào-Tǐ) is a sports complex with a multi-purpose stadium in Cangshan District in the south of Fuzhou, China.
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Location | Fuzhou, China |
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Coordinates | 26°01′25″N 119°16′45″E |
Capacity | 59,562 |
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Broke ground | December 23, 2010 |
Opened | 2015 |
Construction cost | $470 million USD |
Opened in 2015, the main stadium is designed for a capacity of 59,562 spectators.[1] The complex comprises an indoor arena with a capacity of 12,980 spectators, an aquatics center with a capacity of 3,978 spectators and a tennis stadium with a capacity of 3,152 spectators.[1] Additionally, a municipal sports school will also be built within the complex grounds featuring training halls for indoor sports, swimming pools, a shooting range, an archery field and a beach volleyball stadium.[1]