National Stadium Beijing 2008 Olympic Games The stadium will host the opening and closing of the 29th Olympiad, as well as track and field events. On completion it will have a capacity of 100 000 and it is believed that it will be the world's largest enclosed space. |
Facts
- Venue: National Stadium;
- Location: Olympic Green;
- Total land surface (10,000 sq. m.): 25.8;
- Seats: 91,000;
- Functions during the Games: Athletics, Football;
- Post-Games use: The Stadium is to stage sports events at national and international levels, as well as cultural and entertaining activities;
- Groundbreaking date: Dec. 2003;
- Designer: Herzog & DeMeuron (Swiss) and China Architecture Design Institute;
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