Wukesong Arena

Wukesong Arena (Cadillac Arena)
五棵松体育馆（凯迪拉克中心）
	Exterior of arena (2021)
Former names	Wukesong Culture & Sports Center (2008–2011); MasterCard Center (2011–2015); LeSports Center (2016–2017); Huaxi Live (2017); Cadillac Arena (2017–present)
Address	69 Fuxing Road
Location	Haidian District, Beijing, China
Coordinates	39°54′36″N 116°16′29″E
Public transit	Wukesong 1
Owner	Bloomage International Investment Group
Operator	AEG
Capacity	19,000; 9,000 (ice hockey)
Construction
Broke ground	29 March 2005
Opened	11 January 2008
Renovated	2009
Closed	October 2008 – November 2009
Architect	Gu Yonghui
Tenants
	Beijing Ducks (CBA) (2010–present); HC Kunlun Red Star (KHL) (2016–present); Beijing Lions (CAFL) (2016)
Website
	Venue Website

The Wukesong Arena (simplified Chinese: 五棵松体育馆; traditional Chinese: 五棵松體育館; pinyin: Wǔkēsōng Tǐyùguǎn), also known as the Cadillac Arena (simplified Chinese: 凯迪拉克中心; traditional Chinese: 凱迪拉克中心; pinyin: Kǎidílākè Zhōngxīn) for sponsorship purposes, is a multipurpose indoor arena in Beijing. It was originally built for the 2008 Summer Olympics basketball preliminaries and finals. Ground was broken on 29 March 2005 and construction was completed on 11 January 2008.

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The stadium has a capacity of 19,000 and covers an area of 63,000 square metres. It includes a modern, flexible ice hockey rink designed and produced by Finnish rink manufacturer Vepe Oy in November 2016.

In 2022, the arena hosted some of the ice hockey matches as part of the 2022 Winter Olympics.^[1]

The stadium was constructed by "Beijing Wukesong Cultural & Sports Co. Ltd." whose five shareholders are Zhongguancun CENCONS Group, Haidian State-owned Assets Investment Co. Ltd, Beijing Urban Construction Group Co. Ltd, Beijing Urban Construction Co. Ltd and the Tianhong Group. After the Olympic Games, the center became an important part of Beijing's Olympic Games heritage, allowing citizens to enjoy cultural, sports, leisure, recreational, and commercial activities. 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 21 January 2011. Nearly five years later, on 16 December 2015, LeTV Sports announced that it has obtained naming rights for the arena. It was officially renamed as LeSports Center on 1 January 2016. Beyond that, LeSports promised to provide a package of intellectual services inside and outside the arena.^[2] After the closing of LeTV Sports, the arena was briefly named Huaxi Live.^[3] Since September 2017, the Cadillac division of General Motors has owned naming rights for the arena.^[4]

On 14 December 2015 the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) announced that its Beijing expansion team would play in the arena. On 5 September 2016, Kunlun Red Star defenseman Anssi Salmela scored the first goal in the arena's first hockey game and the first home goal for Kunlun in KHL. Red Star won the game 6–3.

In 2017, 18,000 people attended the Chinese Basketball Association All-Star Game at the LeSports Centre.^{[citation needed]}

More information A list of sporting events held at Wukesong Arena, Year ...

A list of sporting events held at Wukesong Arena
Year	Date	Event
2008	17 October	NBA Global Games: Golden State Warriors vs. Milwaukee Bucks^[5]
2009	11 October	NBA Global Games: Indiana Pacers vs. Denver Nuggets^[5]
2010	13 October	NBA Global Games: Houston Rockets vs. New Jersey Nets^[5]
2012	11 October	NBA Global Games: Miami Heat vs. Los Angeles Clippers^[5]
2013	15 October	NBA Global Games: Golden State Warriors vs. Los Angeles Lakers^[5]
2014	15 October	NBA Global Games: Brooklyn Nets vs. Sacramento Kings^[5]
2014	25 November	M-1 Challenge 53 – Battle in the Celestial Empire
2017	23 September	NHL China Games: Los Angeles Kings vs. Vancouver Canucks
2018	24 November	UFC Fight Night 141
2019	16 November	ONE Championship: Age of Dragons^[6]
2019	31 August–15 September	2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup: Several matches, including the final
2022	3–17 February	2022 Winter Olympics: Women's Ice Hockey

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The Wukesong Arena is the biggest entertainment venue in Beijing, with many international, regional and local artists having staged their performance at the venue that spans a wide range of musical genres. International artists are highlighted using light blue in the table while non-concert entertainment events are also included.

More information A list of entertainment events held at Wukesong Arena, Year ...

A list of entertainment events held at Wukesong Arena
Year	Date	Nationalities	Artists	Tours
2008	6 October	Canada	Avril Lavigne	The Best Damn World Tour
2008	1 November	United States	Kanye West	Glow in the Dark Tour
2009	23 October	United States	Beyoncé	I Am... World Tour
2010	23 January	South Korea	Super Junior	2nd Asia Tour – "Super Show 2"^[7]
	14 March	United States	Backstreet Boys	This Is Us Tour
	11 July	United States	Usher	OMG Tour
2011
	2 January	Taiwan (ROC)	Fei Yu-ching	2011费玉清北京演唱会
	21 January	Hong Kong	Jacky Cheung	Jacky Cheung 1/2 Century Tour
	12 March	United States	Eagles	Long Road Out of Eden Tour
	26 March	South Korea	Rain	2011 Rain Asia Tour
	7 May	—		The Girls Collection
	13 May	—		Glorious Days – Pantheon Rock "n" Roll World Tour Concert
	21 May	China (PRC)	Dao Lang	de Show Beel Live in Concert 2011
	27 May	Hong Kong	Aaron Kwok	郭富城武林正传世界巡回演唱会
	28 May	Hong Kong	Aaron Kwok	郭富城武林正传世界巡回演唱会
	3 June	Taiwan (ROC)	Chyi Yu Michelle Pan Tiger Huang One-Fang	Power Woman
	18 June	Taiwan (ROC)	Wakin Chau Jeff Chang Chyi Chin Chao Chuan Dave Wang Angus Tung	老友记六人行2011北京大型演唱会
16 July	Taiwan (ROC)	Elva Hsiao	E!VA萧亚轩WOW世界巡回演唱会-北京站
25 September	Ireland	Westlife	Gravity Tour
2012	14 February	Canada	Avril Lavigne	Black Star Tour
	22 February	Ireland	Westlife	Greatest Hits Tour
	12 March	Sweden	Roxette	Charm School World Tour
	6 April	Canada	Sum 41	Screaming Bloody Murder Tour
	7 July	South Korea	Shinhwa	Grand Tour: The Return^[8]
	8 August	South Korea	Big Bang	Alive Galaxy Tour
	25 November	United Kingdom	Elton John	40th Anniversary of the Rocket Man Tour
2013	24 March	Canada	Simple Plan	Get Your Hearts on Tour
	4 May	South Korea	G-Dragon	One of a Kind World Tour
	5 May	South Korea	G-Dragon	One of a Kind World Tour
	13 April	—		The 1st V Chart Awards

	25 May	United States	Backstreet Boys	In a World Like This Tour

	28 June	United Kingdom	Sarah Brightman	Dreamchaser World Tour
	20 July	South Korea	Shinhwa	Grand Tour: The Classic^[9]^[10]
	9 August	—		Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour
	10 August
	11 August

22 August	United Kingdom	Pet Shop Boys	Electric Tour
29 September	Canada	Justin Bieber	Believe Tour
1 October	United States	The Killers	Battle Born World Tour
2014	4 February	United Kingdom	James Blunt	Moon Landing Tour
	2 March	Canada	Avril Lavigne	The Avril Lavigne Tour
	5 April	United States	Bruno Mars	Moonshine Jungle Tour
	19 April	South Korea	2NE1	All or Nothing World Tour
	16 May	Hong Kong	G.E.M.	G.E.M. X.X.X. LIVE 世界巡回演唱会北京站
	17 May	Hong Kong	G.E.M.	G.E.M. X.X.X. LIVE 世界巡回演唱会北京站
	30 May	China (PRC)	Wanting Qu	2014曲婉婷say the words 我为你歌唱中国巡回演唱会
	31 May	China (PRC)	Wanting Qu	2014曲婉婷say the words 我为你歌唱中国巡回演唱会
	18 July	Taiwan (ROC)	Jeff Chang	"华素还爱光年" 世界巡回演唱会
	2 August	Taiwan (ROC)	S.H.E	2GETHER 4EVER 世界巡回演唱会
	3 August	Taiwan (ROC)	Mayday	Just Love It 拥抱演唱会
	6 September	China (PRC)	Hua Chenyu	华晨宇火星演唱会
	7 September	China (PRC)	Hua Chenyu	华晨宇火星演唱会
	13 September	Singapore	Yida Huang	黄义达十周年纪念演唱会
	20 September	China (PRC) South Korea	Exo	Exo from Exoplanet #1 – The Lost Planet
	21 September	China (PRC) South Korea	Exo	Exo from Exoplanet #1 – The Lost Planet
	25 October	China (PRC)	Yang Kun	杨坤"今夜20岁"北京演唱会
	22 November	South Korea	Super Junior	Super Show 6
2015	14 January	—		Golden Disk Awards
	15 January	—		Golden Disk Awards
	1 April	United States	Pitbull	2015 World Tour
	18 April	United States	Backstreet Boys	In a World Like This Tour
	9 May	Singapore	JJ Lin	Timeline：Genesis World Tour
	6 June	South Korea	Big Bang	Made World Tour
	7 June	South Korea	Big Bang	Made World Tour
	13 June	China (PRC)	Bibi Zhou	BOOM!
	18 July	China (PRC) South Korea	Exo	Exo Planet #2 – The Exo'luxion
	19 July	China (PRC) South Korea	Exo	Exo Planet #2 – The Exo'luxion
	19 September	United Kingdom	Muse^[11]	Drones World Tour
2016	10 April	—	The 4th V Chart Awards
	24 April	United Kingdom	Iron Maiden^[12]	The Book of Souls World Tour
	2 July	China (PRC)	Hua Chenyu	Mars Concert Season 3
	3 July	China (PRC)	Hua Chenyu	Mars Concert Season 3
	8 July	Taiwan (ROC)	Jay Chou	The Invisible Show Tour
	9 July
	10 July
	16 July	South Korea	Big Bang	Made V.I.P Tour
	17 July	South Korea	Big Bang	Made V.I.P Tour
	24 September	Hong Kong	Wallace Chung	Sing For Live
	6 October	United States	Kesha	Kesha and the Creepies: Fuck the World Tour
	21 October	Hong Kong	Jacky Cheung	A Classic Tour
	22 October
	23 October
2017	18 January	United States	Metallica	WorldWired Tour
	17 June	China (PRC)	Joker Xue	薛之谦"我好像在哪见过你"巡回演唱会
	26 August	United States	Ariana Grande	Dangerous Woman Tour
2018	7 May	United States	Fall Out Boy	Mania Tour
	19 May	Singapore	JJ Lin	Sanctuary World Tour
	20 May	Singapore	JJ Lin	Sanctuary World Tour
	6 September	United Kingdom	Jessie J	R.O.S.E Tour
2019	23 February	China (PRC)	Rocket Girls 101	2019火箭少女101北京飞行演唱会-Light
	10 August	Taiwan (ROC)	Fei Yu-ching	费玉清2019告别演唱会
	13 August	Ireland	Westlife	The Twenty Tour
2023	23 September	Ireland	Westlife	The Wild Dreams Tour
2023	24 September	Ireland	Westlife	The Wild Dreams Tour
2024	5 April	Hong Kong	Jacky Cheung	The Jacky Cheung 60+ Concert Tour
	6 April
	7 April
	12 April
	13 April
	14 April
	19 April
	20 April
	21 April

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The Wukesong Baseball Field (simplified Chinese: 五棵松棒球场; traditional Chinese: 五棵松棒球場; pinyin: Wǔkēsōng Bàngqiúchǎng) was a baseball stadium located next to the Wukesong Indoor Stadium at the Wukesong Culture and Sports Centre in Beijing, China. It was one of the nine temporary venues at the 2008 Summer Olympics, hosting baseball events.

The baseball field had a total land surface of 12,000 square metres and a capacity of 15,000. It included two competition fields and one training field.

In March 2008, the stadium hosted two games between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres called the MLB China Series, marking the first time Major League Baseball teams played in China.

In what were to be the final Olympic Baseball matches in the foreseeable future, as the International Olympic Committee voted out the baseball event for the upcoming 2012 London Olympics and 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics in favor of golf and rugby sevens,^[13] Team USA clinched the bronze medal, while South Korea beat Cuba to claim the gold medal.^[14] After the Olympic games ended, the facilities were demolished as planned, for a shopping mall called Bloomage LIVE · HI-UP.^[15]^[16]

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[1] [1]
Lloyd, Owen (16 November 2021). "Wukesong Arena to showcase the "best ice" at Beijing 2022, American ice-maker claims". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

[2] [2]
"LeTV Sports to Name Beijing Wukesong Arena". CRIENGLISH.com. 18 December 2015. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

[3] [3]
Liu, Charles (18 July 2017). "Wukesong Arena Newly Renamed as "Huaxi Live" as LeTV's Financial Woes Continue". The Beijinger. True Run Media. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.

[4] [4]
"Cadillac Named Title Sponsor of Wukesong Arena in Beijing". 21 September 2017. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2017.

[NBA-5] [5]
"NBA.com: NBA Global Games 2013: History of NBA Global Games". NBA.com. NBA. Archived from the original on 11 January 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2014.

[6] [6]
"Age of Dragons". 30 October 2018. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.

[7] [7]
Kang, Seung-hun (26 January 2010). "Super Junior wraps up concert in Beijing". Asiae. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2012.

[8] [8]
"2012 Shinhwa Grand Tour: The Return 신화 아시아 투어 콘서트 일정" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Shinhwa Company. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-13 (in Korean)

[9] [9]
神话备战北京演唱会娱乐综艺"让道". Sina (in Chinese). 4 June 2013. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2013.

[10] [10]
Hong, Grace Danbi (22 July 2013). "Shinhwa Burns Up the Night in Beijing and Wraps Up Asia Tour". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.

[11] [11]
"Beijing Events – the Beijinger". www.thebeijinger.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.

[12] [12]
"Iron Maiden – To Play in China For First Time Ever – Metal Storm". www.metalstorm.net. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

[13] [13]
"Castro blasts Olympics for dropping baseball – Beijing Olympics – NBCNews.com". NBC News. 16 July 2008. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2019.

[14] [14]
"Photos: ROK glitters on diamond – The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games". En.beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 5 January 2011.

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Demick, Barbara (22 February 2009). "Beijing's Olympic building boom becomes a bust". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2009.

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