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The National Stadium [3] (国家体育场), a.k.a. the Bird's Nest (鸟巢), [4] is a stadium at Olympic Green in Chaoyang, Beijing, China. The National Stadium, covering an area of 204,000 square meters with 91,000 capacity, broke ground in December 2003, officially started construction in March 2004, and was completed in June 2008. [5]
Beijing National Stadium The Olympic Green in 2017. The Beijing National Stadium (国家体育场) or "Bird's Nest" (鸟巢) is the centerpiece of this project. It hosted the opening and closing ceremonies, athletics, and football finals of the Games. The stadium has room for 91,000 spectators, but the capacity was reduced to 80,000 after the ...
As their sequence drew to an end, the giant white paper was lifted vertically to reveal a drawing of mountains and waters, with a smiling face as the sun. Then, there was an illumination showing brightly coloured flying birds, symbolizing the rebirth of the phoenix and the bird-nest stadium itself.
Here are some of the highlights of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. No games before — or since — have impacted a city the way the Olympics did Beijing. Bird's Nest and Water Cube: Beijing venues ...
Beijing and other Chinese cities are opening parks at a rapid pace in a nationwide greenification project, providing residents an escape from hectic urban life. China’s teeming cities get ...
In addition, six venues outside Beijing hosted events, two of which were newly built for the Olympics. Beijing won its bid to host the 2008 Olympics on 13 July 2001. [ 1 ] The first new venues to begin construction were the Beijing National Stadium , Beijing National Aquatics Center , Beijing Shooting Range Hall , and the Laoshan Velodrome ...
For many people in Beijing, a snowfall means it’s time to bundle up and head out to take photos of a city dotted with traditional architecture from the Ming and Qing dynasties that ruled the ...
The center is located in Beijing, just 1.7 miles (2.7 km) from the National Stadium (a.k.a. The Birds Nest Stadium). The tennis center covers an area of 41.22 acres (166,800 m 2) with a floor space of 285,394 sq ft (26,514.0 m 2). The center currently has 12 competition hard courts and 35 training courts, including 20 hard courts, 10 indoor ...