Shanghai Oriental Sports Center

Shanghai Oriental Sports Center

Shanghai Aquatic Sports Center
Building information
City	Shanghai, China
Coordinates	31°9′34.44″N 121°28′22.33″E
Capacity	18,000 (indoor arena) 5,000 (indoor swimming pool, seated) 5,000 (outdoor swimming pool, seated)
Built	2008–2011
Opened	July 2011
Construction cost	yuan ¥2 billion USD $ 313 million EUR € 230 million
Architect(s)	Gerkan, Marg and Partners
Tenants	Shanghai Skywalkers

Shanghai Oriental Sports Center

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 next to the Expo Park in Shanghai's Pudong New Area. It started construction on December 30, 2008, and was completed in late 2010. The total investment was two billion yuan.^[citation needed]

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 and near the Oriental Sports Center station on the Shanghai Metro.

Indoor stadium

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.

Notable events

• 14th 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]
• Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 Playoffs

Structure

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.

References

1. "Beautiful view of Shanghai Oriental Sport Center". Xinhua. 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on March 11, 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-09.
2. "Official webpage of the 14th World Aquatics Championships". Shanghai-fina2011.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-02. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
3. Yiwen, Liang (31 December 2008). "Aquatic sports center begins construction". Shanghai Daily. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
4. "First Information" (PDF). ISU.
5. "LoL Esports". www.lolesports.com. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
6. "LoL Esports". www.lolesports.com. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
7. Keith, Braden (31 January 2010). "Shanghai 2011: Shanghai Oriental Sports Center". Archived from the original on 2 December 2010.
8. "Shanghai Oriental Sports Center". 8 July 2010.
9. "Photos about the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center". Shanghai-fina2011.com. Retrieved 2011-12-04.

External links

Media related to Shanghai Oriental Sports Center at Wikimedia Commons

• Shanghai 2011: Shanghai Oriental Sports Center

Preceded by Foro Italico Rome	FINA World Aquatics Championships Venue 2011	Succeeded by Palau Sant Jordi Barcelona
Preceded by Sheffield Arena Sheffield	World Short Track Speed Skating Championships Venue 2012	Succeeded by Főnix Hall Debrecen
Preceded by Capital Indoor Stadium Beijing	Cup of China Venue 2011, 2012, 2014	Succeeded by Capital Indoor Stadium Beijing
Preceded by Saitama Super Arena Saitama (city)	World Figure Skating Championships Venue 2015	Succeeded by TD Garden Boston