The Shanghai Oriental Sports Center (Chinese: 上海东方体育中心), also known as the Shanghai Aquatic Sports Center, is a sports venue that started construction on December 30, 2008, and was completed in late 2010.
The center has an indoor arena named Indoor Stadium seating 18,000, an indoor swimming pool seating 5,000, and an outdoor swimming pool also seating 5,000. The Shanghai Oriental Sports Center[1] is close to Huangpu River, next to Expo Park in Shanghai's Pudong New Area. The total investment was two billion yuan. The center is situated near the Oriental Sports Center station on the Shanghai Metro.
The main venue at the sports complex is the Indoor Stadium, used for the home games of the arena football club Shanghai Skywalkers. It has a capacity of 18,000 and it is used for various events, like arena football, speed skating, basketball, mixed martial arts, figure skating, swimming and eSports.
The arena was designed by German architecture firm GMP. The facility sits on a man-made lake that connects to the Huangpu River.[7] The sport center's area is 34.75 hectares (85.9 acres); the floor space is 163,800 square metres (1,763,000 sq ft).[8][9] In the construction, the workers used 3,000 tons steel to build the architecture.
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^. Xinhua. 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on March 11, 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-09.
^. Shanghai-fina2011.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-02. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
^Yiwen, Liang (31 December 2008). "Aquatic sports center begins construction". Shanghai Daily. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
shanghai, oriental, sports, center, chinese, 上海东方体育中心, also, known, shanghai, aquatic, sports, center, sports, venue, that, started, construction, december, 2008, completed, late, 2010, shanghai, aquatic, sports, centerbuilding, informationcityshanghai, chinac. The Shanghai Oriental Sports Center Chinese 上海东方体育中心 also known as the Shanghai Aquatic Sports Center is a sports venue that started construction on December 30 2008 and was completed in late 2010 Shanghai Oriental Sports CenterShanghai Aquatic Sports CenterBuilding informationCityShanghai ChinaCoordinates31 9 34 44 N 121 28 22 33 E 31 1595667 N 121 4728694 E 31 1595667 121 4728694Capacity18 000 indoor arena 5 000 indoor swimming pool seated 5 000 outdoor swimming pool seated Built2008 2011OpenedJuly 2011Construction costyuan 2 billionUSD 313 millionEUR 230 millionArchitect s Gerkan Marg and PartnersTenantsShanghai SkywalkersShanghai Oriental Sports CenterThe center has an indoor arena named Indoor Stadium seating 18 000 an indoor swimming pool seating 5 000 and an outdoor swimming pool also seating 5 000 The Shanghai Oriental Sports Center 1 is close to Huangpu River next to Expo Park in Shanghai s Pudong New Area The total investment was two billion yuan The center is situated near the Oriental Sports Center station on the Shanghai Metro Contents 1 Indoor stadium 2 Notable events 3 Structure 4 References 5 External linksIndoor stadium editThe main venue at the sports complex is the Indoor Stadium used for the home games of the arena football club Shanghai Skywalkers It has a capacity of 18 000 and it is used for various events like arena football speed skating basketball mixed martial arts figure skating swimming and eSports Notable events edit14th World Aquatics Championships 2 from July 16 31 2011 3 2012 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships 2014 FINA Diving World Cup 2015 World Figure Skating Championships 23 29 March 2015 4 Road FC 27 2016 League of Legends Mid Season Invitational 5 2017 League of Legends World Championship Semifinals 6 Structure editThe arena was designed by German architecture firm GMP The facility sits on a man made lake that connects to the Huangpu River 7 The sport center s area is 34 75 hectares 85 9 acres the floor space is 163 800 square metres 1 763 000 sq ft 8 9 In the construction the workers used 3 000 tons steel to build the architecture References edit Beautiful view of Shanghai Oriental Sport Center Xinhua 9 March 2011 Archived from the original on March 11 2011 Retrieved 2011 03 09 Official webpage of the 14th World Aquatics Championships Shanghai fina2011 com Archived from the original on 2012 01 02 Retrieved 2011 12 04 Yiwen Liang 31 December 2008 Aquatic sports center begins construction Shanghai Daily Retrieved 2009 08 04 First Information PDF ISU LoL Esports www lolesports com Retrieved 2016 05 05 LoL Esports www lolesports com Retrieved 2017 02 09 Keith Braden 31 January 2010 Shanghai 2011 Shanghai Oriental Sports Center Archived from the original on 2 December 2010 Shanghai Oriental Sports Center 8 July 2010 Photos about the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center Shanghai fina2011 com Retrieved 2011 12 04 External links edit nbsp Media related to Shanghai Oriental Sports Center at Wikimedia Commons Shanghai 2011 Shanghai Oriental Sports CenterPreceded byForo ItalicoRome FINA World Aquatics ChampionshipsVenue2011 Succeeded byPalau Sant JordiBarcelonaPreceded bySheffield ArenaSheffield World Short Track Speed Skating ChampionshipsVenue2012 Succeeded byFonix HallDebrecenPreceded byCapital Indoor StadiumBeijing Cup of ChinaVenue2011 2012 2014 Succeeded byCapital Indoor StadiumBeijingPreceded bySaitama Super ArenaSaitama city World Figure Skating ChampionshipsVenue2015 Succeeded byTD GardenBoston nbsp This article about a China sports venue is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shanghai Oriental Sports Center amp oldid 1180318335, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
