Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre, football stadium
The Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre is a sports complex in Hexi New Town, Jianye District, Nanjing, covering 89.6 hectares with about 401,000 square metres of floor space. Its centrepiece stadium seats 61,443 under a hyperboloid roof crossed by two red arches slanted outward at 45 degrees and spanning 361.58 metres. The complex also holds a 13,000-seat arena, a swimming pool, a tennis centre and an information technology centre.
The stadium opened in 2005 and was originally designed to host the 10th National Games of China. It later served as a venue for competitions during the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, including opening ceremonies, athletics, and football matches.
The stadium's red arches, slanted at 45 degrees and spanning 361.58 metres, serve as the emblem of the Olympic centre. Since 2005 the venue has hosted concerts by Jay Chou, JJ Lin and A-Mei, while the gymnasium was the first indoor arena in China with 29 club boxes.
The complex sits on Jiangdong Middle Road in the Hexi New Town of Jianye District. Nanjing Metro Line 2 stops at Olympic Sports Center East station and Line 10 at Olympic Sports Center station; buses and the Hexi tram also serve the area. The grounds cover 89.6 hectares, so allow time to walk between the stadium, gymnasium, aquatics centre and tennis centre.
The stadium's two Barco screens on the north and south sides cover 560 square metres in total, the largest such installation in China. The running track is a Mondo surface, the Italian maker whose tracks are accepted without further testing by World Athletics.
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