Homestay Beijing 2008

Introduction Olympic Stadiums

The Olympic sports facilities are progressing on schedule with of course the eye catching Bird’s Nest and the Water Cube. In total there will be 12 new venues built from scratch, 11 renovated venues and 8 temporary venues. Below some more information on the various stadiums.

If you click on the picture of a stadium, you will go (back) to the map of the district where the stadium is located (except Qingdao and Hong Kong). For both the Shunyi Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Park and the Ming Tombs Reservoir Triathlon venue, you have to zoom out the map to be able to see the location of the stadium.

Olympic Green

On the Olympic Green, located in Chaoyang District, you can find a variety of different stadiums. Please have a look below for more details.

Name: National Stadium or Bird's Nest
Location: Olympic Green, Chaoyang District
Seats: 91,000

Sports: Athletics, Football, Opening Ceremony, Closing Ceremony

Name: National Aquatics Center or Water Cube
Location: Olympic Green, Chaoyang District
Seats: 6,000 permanent and 11,000 temporary

Sports: Swimming, Diving, Water Polo, Synchronized Swimming

Name: National Indoor Stadium
Location: Olympic Green, Chaoyang District

Sports: Artistic Gymnastics, Trampolines and Handball

Name: Olympic Sports Center Stadium
Location: Olympic Sports Center, Chaoyang District
Seats: 40,000

Sports: Football, Modern Pentathlon (running and equestrian)

Name: Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
Location: Olympic Sports Center, Chaoyang District

Sports: Handball

Name: Ying Tung Natatorium
Location: Olympic Sports Center, Chaoyang District

Sports: Water Polo, Modern Pentathlon (swimming)

Name: National Fencing Gymnasium
Location: Olympic Green, Chaoyang District

Sports: Fencing preliminaries and finals and Modern Pentathlon (fencing and shooting)

Name: Hockey Field
Location: Olympic Green, Chaoyang District

Sports: Hockey

Name: Archery Field
Location: Olympic Green, Chaoyang District

Sports: Archery

Name: Tennis Center
Location: Olympic Green, Chaoyang District

Sports: Tennis

Beijing Shooting Range Hall

Name: Beijing Shooting Range Hall
Location: Shijingshan District

Sports: Qualifications and finals of 11 shootings events, consisting of all 10-meter, 25-meter, and 50-meter range shooting events. The entire shooting sports of the 2008 Paralympic Games will also be held in the venue.

Wukesong Indoor Stadium

Name: Wukesong Indoor Stadium
Location: Fengtai District

Sports: Basketball

Laoshan Velodrome

Name: Laoshan Velodrome
Location: Shijingshan District
Seats: 6,000

Sports: Cycling (track)

Shunyi Olympic Rowing & Canoeing Park

Name: Shunyi Olympic Rowing & Canoeing Park
Location: Shunyi District

Sports: Rowing, Canoe/Kayak (flat-water racing and slalom racing)

China Agricultural University Gymnasium

Name: China Agricultural University Gymnasium
Location: Haidian District
Seats: 6,000 permanent and 2,000 temporary

Sports: Wrestling

Peking University Gymnasium

Name: Peking University Gymnasium
Location: Haidian District
Seats: 6,000 permanent and 2,000 temporary

Sports: Table Tennis

University of Science and Technology Beijing Gymnasium

Name: University of Science and Technology Beijing Gymnasium
Location: Haidian District
Seats: 4,068 permanent and 3,956 temporary

Sports: Judo and Taekwondo

Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium

Name: Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium
Location: Chaoyang District
Seats: 7,500

Sports: Badminton and Rhythmic Gymnastics

Workers Stadium

Name: Workers Stadium
Location: Chaoyang District

Sports: Football

Workers Indoor Arena

Name: Workers Indoor Arena
Location: Chaoyang District

Sports: Boxing

Capital Indoor Stadium

Name: Capital Indoor Stadium
Location: Haidian District

Sports: Volleyball

Fengtai Softball Field

Name: Fengtai Softball Field
Location: Fengtai District

Sports: Softball

Laoshan Mountain Bike Course

Name: Laoshan Mountain Bike Course
Location: Shijingshan District

Sports: Cycling (Mountain Bike)

Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field

Name: Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field
Location: Shijingshan District

Sports: Shooting

Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium

Name: Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
Location: Haidian District

Sports: Volleyball

Beihang University Gymnasium

Name: Beihang University Gymnasium
Location: Haidian District

Sports: Weightlifting

Wukesong Baseball Field

Name: Wukesong Baseball Field
Location: Fengtai District

Sports: Baseball

Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground

Name: Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground
Location: Chaoyang District

Sports: Beach Volleyball

BMX venue

Name: BMX venue
Location: Shijingshan District

Sports: Cycling (BMX)

Triathlon Venue Ming Tombs Reservoir

Name: Triathlon Venue Ming Tombs Reservoir
Location: Changping District

Sports: Triathlon

Urban Road Cycling Course

Name: Urban Road Cycling Course
Location: TBD, Chaoyang District

Sports: Cycling (road race)

Qingdao International Marina

Name: Qingdao International Marina
Location: Qingdao, Shandong Province

Sports: Sailing

Hong Kong Equestrian Venues

Name: Hong Kong Equestrian Venues
Location: Shatin, Hong Kong

Sports: Equestrian