Two years after renovaton, Beijing Mentougou Sports Center is now being demolished. The Mentougou district goverment plans to replace it with a bigger, fancier stadium. First built in 1985, Mentougou Sports Center covers an area of 90,000 sqm and has a capacity of 4,000. According to Jinghua Times, a Beijing paper, the office building, track, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'stadium'
What’s the Deal with These Stadiums?
October 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Government
Tags:Beijing·Mentougou Sports Center·Pinggu Sports Center·stadium
Beijing Olympics Made $ 16 Million Profit?
March 7th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Business, Government
Oh, and that could be more, according to Jiang Xiaoyu, executive vice president of Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. Jiang, a newly appointed deputy director of the Committee of Education, Science, Culture, Health and Sports of CPPCC, the country’s political advisory body, told press on May 4 that the Beijing Games made a profit [...]
Bird’s Nest to Host Italian Super Cup
February 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Business, Football, Government
The Lega Calcio, the governing body of Italian professional football leagues, signed a deal with Beijing Football Association on Feb.16 to have the 2009 Italian Super Cup played at China’s National Stadium, or Bird’s Nest, in Beijing on August 8. The Italian Super Cup, or Supercoppa Italiana, is a season-opening match between the winners of the Serie A and the Coppa Italia in the previous [...]
Tags:Bird's Nest·CITIC·Italian Super Cup·National Stadium·stadium
Public or Private? National Sports Stadium Accused of Charging High Ticket Price
November 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Business, Government
Legal Daily (法制日报), a Beijing-based newspaper, published a piece this week looking at the ticket price of China’s National Sports Stadium or the “bird’s nest.” Below are some excerpts: “We’re very disappointed the National Sports Stadium doesn’t sell half-price tickets to our seniors,” said grey-haired Wang Huifu, 70. Some senior high and colleague students are, [...]
Tags:Bird's Nest·CITIC·Government·National Stadium·Olympics·stadium·ticket·welfare
