Shanghai Stadium
Built when the 8th National Games of the People’s Republic of China was held in Shanghai in 1997, Shanghai Stadium has gained a reputation of being a multi-use facility.
Location: Shanghai, China
Fabric Type: PTFE Fiberglass
Market Sector: Stadiums / Arenas
Project Size: 297,000 sq.ft.
Architect: Shanghai Inst. of Architectural Design & Research, Shanghai, China
Engineer: Weidlinger Associates, New York, New York
Owner: Shanghai East Asia, Ltd., Shanghai, China
General Contractor: Shanghai Construction Engineering Group
Completion Date: June 6, 1997
Fabric Type: PTFE Fiberglass
Market Sector: Stadiums / Arenas
Project Size: 297,000 sq.ft.
Architect: Shanghai Inst. of Architectural Design & Research, Shanghai, China
Engineer: Weidlinger Associates, New York, New York
Owner: Shanghai East Asia, Ltd., Shanghai, China
General Contractor: Shanghai Construction Engineering Group
Completion Date: June 6, 1997
It will be host to the football preliminaries in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and has an international standard evergreen soccer field and a plastic track and field race venue.
The stadium is one of the largest football stadiums in the world, with a seating capacity of 80,000. It covers 190, 000 square meters and has the world’s largest cantilevered steel truss roof with a fabric roof canopy, which spans 300 meters. Three rows of circular, all-weather bleachers and 100 deluxe booths adorn the stadium’s interior.
