Workers stadium

Workers stadium
Workers' stadium in April 2008
Data
place	Beijing , People's Republic of China
Coordinates	39 ° 55 '46.3 "  N , 116 ° 26' 27.7"  E Coordinates: 39 ° 55 '46.3 "  N , 116 ° 26' 27.7"  E
opening	1959
demolition	2020
capacity	64,000 seats
playing area	105 × 68 m
Societies)
Beijing Guoan
Events
1985 U-16 World Cup Asian Games 1990 Football Asian Cup 2004 2008 Summer Olympics (football)

The workers' stadium ( Chinese  工人 體育場  /  工人 体育场 , Pinyin gōngrén tǐyùchǎng ) was a football stadium in the Chinese capital Beijing . It offered 64,000 seats for the audience. It was located in Chaoyang District and was Beijing's second largest stadium.

history

In preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics , it was modernized and its capacity reduced from 71,112 to 64,000. Construction began on August 31, 1959. The complex was built as one of the “ Ten Great Buildings ” (“十大 建筑”, Pinyin: Shí Dà Jiànzhù) in the “ socialist classicism ” style on the tenth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic.

In 1990 it was the main venue for the Asian Games . Until the renovation work, Beijing Guoan , a football club from Beijing, played in this stadium . In 2007 the China Bowl , a preseason game between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks , was supposed to be played here , but it was later canceled. On August 16 and 19, 2008, a quarter-final and semi-final game of the Olympic soccer competitions were played here.

In August 2020, the aging stadium was demolished within a few days for a new building, with a view to China's possible application for the soccer World Cup in 2030 or 2034 . In 2023, the new soccer arena is to become a venue for the soccer Asian championship . As the home team, Beijing Guoan will continue to use the new building with around 65,000 seats. In the meantime she plays her games at the Olympic Sports Center Stadium . Construction work is expected to be completed by December 2022.

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  1959

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  Interior, 2008

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  Demolition of the stadium in 2020

See also

• List of the largest football stadiums in the world
• List of the largest stadiums in the world

Web links

Commons : Beijing Workers Stadium  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• stadiumguide.com: Beijing Workers Stadium
• europlan-online.de: Workers' Stadium - Beijing

Individual evidence

1. ↑ China Bowl a measure for NFL in sports' race to China. Retrieved August 9, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Beijing: Worker's Stadium demolished for rebuilding. In: stadionwelt.de. August 20, 2020, accessed August 20, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Beijing's Workers' Stadium razed as China eyes football World Cup bid. In: channelnewsasia.com. August 20, 2020, accessed on August 20, 2020 .