Guangzhou Gymnasium
Interactive map of Guangzhou Gymnasium | |
| Location | Guangzhou, Guangdong |
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| Coordinates | 23°11′2″N 113°16′18″E / 23.18389°N 113.27167°E |
| Public transit | 12 Guangzhou Gymnasium |
| Owner | People's Government of Guangzhou |
| Capacity | 10,000 |
| Surface | Flooring |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 11 February 1999 |
| Opened | 30 June 2001 |
| Architect | Paul Andreu |
| Tenants | |
| Guangzhou Power (arena football) (folded) | |
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| Simplified Chinese | 广州体育馆 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 廣州體育館 | ||||||||||
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The Guangzhou Gymnasium (Chinese: 广州体育馆; pinyin: Guǎngzhōu Tǐyùguǎn) is an indoor arena in Guangzhou. The arena is used as a concert venue and for sporting events such as arena football, basketball, badminton and table tennis. It was constructed between 11 February 1999 and opened on 30 June 2001, with a seating capacity of 10,000. It was designed by Paul Andreu. it covers an area of 240,000 square meters and has a construction area of nearly 100,000 square meters. It was selected as the 2003 China Construction Engineering Luban Award (National Quality Project).[1] Currently, Guangzhou Gymnasium is one of the main venues for various major sports events, large-scale events, concerts, cultural performances, and conferences and exhibitions in South China.
Notable events
- 2008 World Team Table Tennis Championships
- 2009 Sudirman Cup
- 2010 Asian Games
- 25 September 2010: JJ Lin I AM World Tour
- 2 July 2011: Jolin Tsai《Myself World Tour》 "蔡依林 Myself世界巡迴演唱會"
- 2 March 2012: Greatest Hits Tour - Westlife
- 30 June 2012: 2012 Shinhwa Grand Tour in China: The Return - the comeback concert of South Korean boy band Shinhwa, after a four-year hiatus due to mandatory military service.[2]
- 20 April 2013: Show Lo's Show 2013 《Over the limit》 World Live Tour "羅志祥 無極限 演唱會"
- 10 August 2013: S.H.E《2gether 4ever World Tour》
- 19 December 2015: T-ara Great China Tour
- 18 June 2016: Got7 《Fly World Tour》
- 19 October 2017 – 22 October 2017: Quarterfinals for the 2017 League of Legends World championship
- 16 June 2019: Boyzone 《Thank You & Goodnight Tour》
- 2019 FIBA World Cup Group C (Spain, Iran, Puerto Rico and Tunisia)
- 2025 National Games of the People's Republic of China (U-18 volleyball and trampoline gymnastics)
See also
References
- ^ "广州图书馆·广州制造·[广州之空间艺术工厂]广州体育馆:静似白云出岫 动撼申亚华城" [Guangzhou Library [Guangzhou's Space Art Factory] Guangzhou Gymnasium: Quiet as White Clouds Emerging from a Mountain, Shaking the City of Shanghai and Asia]. www.gzlib.org.cn. Archived from the original on 5 January 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ "2012 Shinhwa Grand Tour: The Return 신화 아시아 투어 콘서트 일정" Shinhwa Company. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-13 (in Korean)
External links
Media related to Guangzhou Gymnasium at Wikimedia Commons