Capital Indoor Stadium

Capital Indoor Stadium
The arena during the 2022 Winter Olympics
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LocationBeijing, China
Coordinates39°56′19.70″N 116°19′16.20″E / 39.9388056°N 116.3211667°E / 39.9388056; 116.3211667
Public transitBeijing SubwayNational Library
Capacity17,345
Construction
Opened1968; 56 years ago (1968)
Renovated2001, 2007, 2021

The Capital Indoor Stadium (simplified Chinese: 首都体育馆; traditional Chinese: 首都體育館; pinyin: Shǒudū Tǐyùguǎn) is an indoor arena in 56 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, China that was built in 1968. It hosted matches between national table tennis teams of China and the United States in 1971; these matches were part of the exchange program known as ping pong diplomacy.[1]

  1. ^ "The Ping Heard Round the World". Time. 1971-04-26. Archived from the original on November 27, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-15.