Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium
Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium
天津奥林匹克中心体育场
Water Drop |
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Location |
Tianjin, China |
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Owner |
Tianjin Government |
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Operator |
IRENA Group |
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Capacity |
54,696 |
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Construction |
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Built |
2003–2007 |
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Opened |
August 2007 |
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Construction cost |
1.5 billion RMB |
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Architect |
AXS Satow |
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Tenants |
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Tianjin Teda FC |
The Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium (simplified Chinese: 天津奥林匹克中心体育场; traditional Chinese: 天津奧林匹克中心體育場; pinyin: Tiānjīn Àolínpǐkè Zhōngxīn Tǐyùchǎng), often colloquially referred to as the Water Drop (Chinese: 水滴; pinyin: Shuǐdī), is a stadium in Tianjin, China. Construction started in August 2003 and was completed in August 2007.
The stadium hosted games for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and Football preliminaries at the 2008 Summer Olympics. It covers 78,000 square meters and has a capacity of 54,696 seats. It as a length of 380 meters, a width of 270 meters, and a height of 53 meters. The stadium is nicknamed "The Water Drop" because the outside of the venue was designed to resemble a drop of water. The stadium cost nearly 1.5 billion Yuan. The architects were AXS Satow.[1]
The stadium houses sports facilities, exhibition halls, conference rooms and gyms. It also has the capacity for entertainment and shopping complexes.
American singer and recording artist Mariah Carey performed The Elusive Chanteuse Show in the stadium on 17 October 2014 and thus making her as the only international artist to have visited Tianjin.
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- 1900
- Vélodrome de Vincennes
- 1904
- Francis Field
- 1908
- White City Stadium
- 1912
- Råsunda IP, Stockholm Olympic Stadium (final), Tranebergs Idrottsplats
- 1920
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- 1924
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- 1928
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- 1936
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- 1948
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- 1952
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- 1956
- Melbourne Cricket Ground (final), Olympic Park Stadium
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- 1964
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- 1968
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- 1972
- Drei Flüsse Stadion, ESV-Stadion, Jahnstadion, Olympiastadion (final), Rosenaustadion, Urban Stadium
- 1976
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- 1980
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- 1988
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- 1992
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- 1996
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- 2000
- Stadium Australia, Brisbane Cricket Ground, Bruce Stadium, Hindmarsh Stadium, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Olympic Stadium (men's final), Sydney Football Stadium (women's final)
- 2004
- Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Karaiskakis Stadium (women's final), Olympic Stadium (men's final), Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Pankritio Stadium, Panthessaliko Stadium
- 2008
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- 2012
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- 2016
- Estádio Nacional de Brasília, Arena Fonte Nova, Mineirão, Arena Corinthians, Arena da Amazônia, Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Maracanã (both finals)
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Coordinates: 39°4′24.4″N 117°10′9.8″E / 39.073444°N 117.169389°E / 39.073444; 117.169389