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The Workers' Stadium (simplified Chinese: 工人体育场; traditional Chinese: 工人體育場; pinyin: Gōngrén Tǐyùchǎng), often called Gongti, Gong Ti or Kung T'i, is a multi-purpose stadium in the Chaoyang District of north-eastern Beijing, China. It was mostly used for association football matches. The stadium was built in 1959 and was last renovated in 2004 (the concrete structure was strengthened, a new rotating display screen and energy-saving devices were installed). It had a capacity of 65,094 and covers a land area of 350,000 square metres (3,800,000 sq ft). It was one of the Ten Great Buildings constructed in 1959 for the tenth anniversary of the People's Republic of China. The stadium was closed for permanent renovation in 2020 and will reopen in December 2022.[1]

Workers' Stadium

Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	工人体育场
Traditional Chinese	工人體育場
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gōngrén Tǐyùchǎng Wade–Giles Kūngrén T'ǐyǜch'ǎng Yale Romanization Gūngrén Tǐyùchǎng IPA [kʊ́ŋɻə̌n tʰìŷʈʂʰàŋ]
工体
Location	Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
Owner	Beijing Municipal Bureau of Sports[citation needed]
Operator	Beijing Workers Sports Services Centre[citation needed] IRENA Group[citation needed]
Capacity	65,094
Surface	Grass
Construction
Opened	1959
Renovated	2001, 2004, 2008, and 2020–2022
Demolished	2020[1]
Tenants
Beijing Guoan (until 2020) China national football team (until 2020)

History

The stadium was the main venue for the 1990 Asian Games, where the opening and closing ceremonies were held. Some high attendance matches of the Beijing Guo'an football club are held at the stadium. In 1993, the stadium was host to a slew of world records set by the world-leading group of Chinese distance runners at the seventh edition of the Chinese National Games, the most famous being international stars and world champions Wang Junxia and Qu Yunxia, who had dominated the 1993 World Championships a month before.

The stadium holds claim to the fastest women's 1500 m time ever recorded of 3:50.46, the fastest women's 3000 m of 8:06.11 and the fastest women's 10,000 m of 29:31.78. These world records still stand today and are arguably the stadium's biggest claim to fame.[2] The next year, the stadium was partially demolished and renovated as part of China's bid for the 2000 Olympic Games, which ultimately failed. The stadium continued to be a mainstay of Beijing sports into the 21st century, being the 2001 Summer Universiade and the Grand Final venue of 2004 AFC Asian Cup.

After Beijing became the host of the 2008 Summer Olympics in July 2001 which the stadium was originally intended as the main venue, it hosted the football quarter-finals and semi-finals, and the women's gold medal final. The stadium was scheduled to host the first ever NFL game played in China, a preseason game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots on August 8, 2007. However, the China Bowl was canceled in April 2007. The reasons given were that the NFL wanted to devote all its resources to the scheduled regular season game between the Miami Dolphins and the New York Giants, to be played in London on October 28, 2007.

The stadium was the host for the 2009 Barclays Asia Trophy on 29 July and 31 July 2009, featuring Beijing Guoan, and Premier League clubs Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and Hull City. It also hosted FC Bayern Munich's pre-season China Tour of 2012, during which the Bundesliga club had a friendly match with Beijing Guoan. The areas north (Sanlitun), east, and west of the stadium are popular nightlife destinations. The xi men (West Gate) offers a strip of nightclubs. The Workers Indoor Arena is located to the west of the stadium. The stadium has been used for concerts as well. Global superstar Mariah Carey began her sold-out five-show tour at the Workers Stadium, and Linkin Park played The Hunting Party Tour at July 26, 2015 in front of an audience of 60,000.[3]

On 4 January 2020, Workers' Stadium was announced as a host venue for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.[4] However, on 14 May 2022, AFC announced that China would not be able to host the tournament due to the exceptional circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

After finishing the 2019 season, Beijing Guoan will play at the Olympic Sports Centre Stadium for three years while renovations ahead of the tournament take place.[6] The engineering firm of the rebuild project is Beijing Construction Engineering Group. The new stadium will open in December 2022.[1]

Notable concerts

• August 6, 1999: A-mei - Mei Li 99
• October 13, 2002: Glay - Glay One Love In Beijing, audience: 35,000
• August 28, 2004: Faye Wong - No Faye! No Live! Tour
• September 23, 2005: S.H.E - Fantasy Land world tour
• October 22, 2005: Rain - Rainy Day 2005 Tour
• May 1, 2008: Jay Chou - Jay Chou 2007 World Tour
• September 16, 2011: SMAP - We are SMAP! 2011 live in Beijing
• May 17, 2014:Dave Wang Dave Wang comeback World Tour
• October 10, 2014: Mariah Carey - The Elusive Chanteuse Show, audience: 60,000
• October 19, 2014: YG Entertainment - Power World Tour
• July 26, 2015: Linkin Park - The Hunting Party Tour
• July 14, 2018: Joker Xue - Skyscraper World Tour

References

External links

Media related to Beijing Workers Stadium at Wikimedia Commons

• Stadium pictures
• Football stadia in China (in German)
• Sports Illustrated Article, retrieved April 03, 2007
• The Chronicle of Gongti Ximen, article about nightlife area

Events and tenants
Preceded by Son Moix Palma de Mallorca	Summer Universiade Main venue 2001	Succeeded by Daegu World Cup Stadium Daegu
Preceded by Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium Beirut	AFC Asian Cup Final venue 2004	Succeeded by Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Jakarta
Preceded by Karaiskakis Stadium Piraeus	Summer Olympics Women's football gold medal match venue 2008	Succeeded by Wembley Stadium London

На других языках

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[de] Arbeiterstadion

Das Arbeiterstadion (chinesisch .mw-parser-output .Hant{font-size:110%}工人體育場 / .mw-parser-output .Hans{font-size:110%}工人体育场, Pinyin gōngrén tǐyùchǎng) war ein Fußballstadion in der chinesischen Hauptstadt Peking. Es bot 64.000 Plätze für die Zuschauer. Es lag im Bezirk Chaoyang und war das zweitgrößte Stadion Pekings.

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- [en] Workers' Stadium

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[es] Estadio de los Trabajadores

El estadio de los Trabajadores[1] (en chino tradicional: 工人体育场, chino simplificado: 工人體育場, pinyin: Gōngrén Tǐyùcháng), o Estadio Gongti, es un estadio multiusos de Pekín, China. El estadio se utiliza principalmente para partidos de fútbol donde juega de local el Beijing Guoan. Fue una de las sedes del torneos de fútbol de los Juegos Olímpicos de 2008.

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[fr] Stade des Ouvriers

Le stade des Ouvriers à Pékin (en chinois : 北京工人体育场 ; pinyin : Běijīng Gōngrén Tǐyùcháng), aussi appelé Gongti ou Gong Ti, est une enceinte multisports située dans le District de Chaoyang, subdivision de la municipalité autonome de Pékin en Chine. Le stade, qui accueille principalement des rencontres de football, a été construit en 1959 et fut rénové en 2004. Il peut actuellement accueillir 60 094 places. Le stade des Ouvriers est l'un des dix grands édifices publics construits en 1959 pour les dix ans de la république populaire de Chine.

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[ru] Стадион Трудящихся (Пекин)

Стадион Трудящихся (кит. упр. 工人体育场, пиньинь Gōngrén Tǐyùcháng, часто сокращается до кит. упр. 工体, пиньинь GōngTǐ, палл. Гунти) — стадион в пекинском районе Чаоян. Площадь — 350 000 м², вместимость — 66 161 человек. Стадион был построен в 1959 году, в последний раз реконструировался в 2004 году.

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