 Logo of the Stadium | |
 The stadium in 2019 | |
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| Location | Olympic Green, Beijing, China |
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| Coordinates | 39°59′41.21″N 116°23′2.25″E / 39.9947806°N 116.3839583°E |
| Capacity | 18,000 (sometimes with 2,000 temporary stands)[1] |
| Surface | Flooring |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | May 30, 2005 |
| Opened | November 26, 2007 |
| Construction cost | yuan ¥650 million USD $ 95 million EUR € 65 million |
| Architect | Beijing Institute of Technology Design Beijing Urban Engineering Design & Research Institute |
| Website | |
| nis-cn.com | |
The National Indoor Stadium (国家体育馆), a.k.a. Folding Fan (折扇), is an arena located at Olympic Green in Chaoyang, Beijing, China.[2][3][4]
The stadium has a capacity of 20,000 people,[5] and was constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics. It is nicknamed the Fan (扇子, shànzi) due to its design resembling a traditional Chinese folding fan.
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