Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium

Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium (simplified Chinese: 秦皇岛市奥体中心体育场; traditional Chinese: 秦皇島市奧體中心體育場; pinyin: Qínhuángdǎo Shì Ào Tǐ Zhōngxīn Tǐyùchǎng) served as one of the soccer venues during the 2008 Summer Olympics.

The multiuse stadium, which is used mostly for soccer matches, lies inside the Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center on the Hebei Avenue in Qinhuangdao, China.

The stadium during the 2008 Summer Olympics

Its construction was started in May 2002 and was completed on July 30, 2004; it was the first new stadium to be built for the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[1] The sports center covers 168,000 square meters (1,810,000 sq ft); the Olympic-standard stadium has a seating capacity of 33,572, 0.2% of which are reserved for the disabled.

Until 2018, the stadium served as the home stadium for the former Hebei F.C. soccer club.

References

1. "北京奧運倒計時730天 開幕式點火方式期待驚喜". Sina.com.hk (in Chinese). Archived from the original on March 12, 2007. Retrieved October 1, 2006.

External links

• Beijing2008.cn profile
• Qinhuangdao Sports website^{[permanent dead link]} (in Chinese)

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