Complete List of New and Renovated Venues/Stadiums for Guangzhou Asian Games 2010

Here is list of venues and stadiums at China for 16th Asian Games 2010...........

Host City

Guangzhou:

Guangzhou, located at the north of the Pearl River delta, is an important trading center as well as a busy port and the capital city of the province of Guandong . The city has an area of over 16,000 square kilometers and a population of 6.7 million.

Like Athens of Greece and Rome of Italy, Guangzhou also has a history of more than 2,800 years.

Guangzhou is also one of the most important centers of foreign commerce in South China.The city is renowned for its arts and crafts, namely the Guang Dong embroidery, ivory-carving and ceramics.Guangzhou is a beautiful city with an ever-green scenery and flowers blooming all the year round. The city boasts many tourist attractions, among which highlights are White Cloud Hill Scenic Spot. Yuexiu Park, Guangzhou Zoo, Six Banyan Temple and Flowery Pagoda, Dr. Sun Yatsen Memorial Hall, etc. In the Suburbs, there are such scenic spot on Conghua Hot Springs, Xiqiao Hill Scenic spot, Seven Star Crags, and Foshan City. Lots of tourists to Guangzhou like to cover one or two of them for out-of-city pleasure."Eating in Guangzhou" has become a popular saying both at home and abroad. Guangzhou ranks first in the number of restaurants and tea-houses in the country.

Co-Host cities

1. Foshan

2. Dongguan

3. Shanwei

Venue Information:

New Venues:

1.)Asian Games Town Gymnasium

2.)Guangzhou Velodrome

3.)Guangdong Olympic Aquatics Centre

4.)Nansha Gymnasium

5.)Guangdong Olympic Tennis Centre

6.)Guangti Gymnasium

7.)Guangzhou Shotgun Centre

8.)Huangpu Sports Centre Gymnasium

Renovated venues:

1.)University Town (Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre)

Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center will add 8 more sports stadiums and 1 center district sports stadium. The buildings will serve as 2007 Universiade’s main stadiums, and 2010 Asia Games backup stadiums. The investments in the sports stadiums total 1.2 billion yuan. According to the construction plan, the center district sports stadium can host an audience of 40,000. It will be Guangzhou's third largest sports stadium.

2.)Guangdong International Rowing Centre
3.)Guangzhou Gymnasium

4.)Guangdong Olympic Stadium

5.)Fangcun Tennis Center

6.)Huang Pu Sports Centre Gymnasium

7.)Yan Zi Gang stadium

8.)Guangdong People's Stadium

9.)Mount Yuexiu Stadium

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