Yongchuan Sports Center, Sports stadium in Yongchuan District, China
The Yongchuan Sports Center is a multi-sports complex in Yongchuan District, Chongqing, covering 19.47 hectares. Its main stadium, completed in 2007, has a natural grass football pitch ringed by a standard running track and seats 26,000 spectators. The center also holds a 500-seat swimming pool, six tennis courts, six basketball courts and four gateball courts.
Built by Chongqing Vister Construction Engineering Technology Company and completed in 2007, the center opened with a 26,000-seat main stadium. In March 2011 it served as the home ground of Chongqing Lifan after the club's relegation. It hosted the 2018 Yongchuan International Women's Football Tournament, where China and Portugal drew 0-0, and the sixth Chongqing Municipal Games in September 2019.
The stadium hosted the 2008 East Asian Women's Football Championship and the 2011 and 2013 Four Nations Tournaments. In October 2018 it staged the Yongchuan International Women's Football Tournament, where China and Portugal drew 0-0. In September 2019 it was the venue for the sixth Chongqing Municipal Games.
The site covers 19.47 hectares, so allow time to walk between the main stadium, swimming pool, tennis and basketball courts, and gateball courts. The stadium has a standard running track around the natural grass pitch. The swimming pool gallery seats 500.
The main stadium was engineered and built by Chongqing Vister Construction Engineering Technology Company, using mild steel and colour-coated sheets on a truss frame, with anti-corrosion treatment and paint for weather protection. Its total floor area is 23,000 square metres, within a 19.47-hectare site that cost 139 million yuan.
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