National Stadium

Venue: National Stadium;

Location: Olympic Green;

Total land surface: 258,000 sq m;

Permanent Seats: 80,000;

Temporary Seats: 11,000;

Competitions: Athletics, Football;

Post-Games use: The Stadium is to stage sports events at national and international levels, as well as cultural and entertaining activities;

Groundbreaking date: Dec. 2003;

Designer: Herzog & DeMeuron (Swiss) and China Architecture Design Institute; 

                 Seating Bowl                                 The exterior                              Bird Nest at Night

                 Eastern  Corner                             Olympic Green                            Olympic Green