Guangzhou City Football Club was a Chinese professional football club which last competed in the Chinese Super League. The team was based in Guangzhou,Guangdong. The club's name between 2011 and 2020 was Guangzhou R&F,which was short for rich (富) and force (力). The club changed its name to Guangzhou City in December 2020.
Tianhe Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Tianhe District,Guangzhou,Guangdong,China. It is currently used for football matches.
The 2010 Asian Games,officially known as the XVI Asian Games and also known as Guangzhou 2010,were a regional multi-sport event that had taken place from November 12 to 27,2010 in Guangzhou,Guangdong,China. It was the second time China hosted the Asian Games,with the first one being Asian Games 1990 in Beijing.
The Canton Tower,formally Guangzhou TV Astronomical and Sightseeing Tower,is a 604-meter (1,982 ft)-tall multipurpose observation tower in the Haizhu District of Guangzhou. The tower was topped out in 2009 and it became operational on 29 September 2010 for the 2010 Asian Games. The tower briefly held the title of tallest tower in the world,replacing the CN Tower,before being surpassed by the Tokyo Skytree. It was the tallest structure in China prior to the topping out of the Shanghai Tower on 3 August 2013,and is now the second-tallest tower and the fifth-tallest freestanding structure in the world.
Centro Desportivo Olímpico - Estádio is a multi-purpose stadium in Taipa,Macau. It was formerly named Estádio Campo Desportivo (澳門運動場) before the reconstruction of the stadium had been completed.
Ellerbe Becket was an independent Minneapolis,Minnesota-based architectural,engineering,interior design and construction firm until 2009,when it was acquired by AECOM.
The Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Guangzhou,China. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 15,000 people. The stadium is best reached by taking Guangzhou Metro Line 1 to Martyrs' Park Station.
The Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena (上海旗忠森林体育城网球中心),also known as Qizhong Stadium,is a tennis arena in Shanghai,People's Republic of China. The complex is located on an 80-hectare (200-acre) area,in Maqiao Town,in the southwest of Shanghai,Minhang District. It has a steel retractable roof which opens and closes in a pinwheel or spiral manner,with eight sliding petal-shaped pieces resembling a blooming magnolia. The roof enables the stadium to host both indoor and outdoor tennis events. The seating capacity is 13,779 people.
Guangzhou International Finance Center or Guangzhou West Tower,is a 103-story,skyscraper at Zhujiang Avenue West in the Tianhe District of Guangzhou,Guangdong. One half of the Guangzhou Twin Towers,it is the 24th tallest building in the world,completed in 2010. As of 2023,it is the world's tallest building with a rooftop helipad,at. The world's second-tallest building with a rooftop helipad was also completed in 2010:Beijing's China World Trade Center Tower III,whose roof-top helipad is 330 m high. Both buildings are taller than the U.S. Bank Tower,the previous record-holder from 1989 to 2010,whose roof-top helipad is 310.3 m (1,018 ft) high.
The Yuexiushan Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Guangzhou,Guangdong,China,named after its location at the foot of Yuexiu Hill. It is currently mostly used for football matches and also sometimes for athletics. It is located on 4 Yingyuan Road. The stadium is owned by the Guangzhou Sports Bureau.
Dan Meis,FAIA,RIBA is an American architect best known for designing sports and entertainment facilities including Staples Center,Safeco Field,Paycor Stadium,Saitama Super Arena,Stadio Della Roma,and Everton FC's new Everton Stadium. He began his career in Chicago under the mentorship of architect Helmut Jahn and later co-founded the sports and entertainment practice of NBBJ. Meis currently operates his own independent studio,MEIS Architects,established in 2007,with offices in New York City and Los Angeles,California.
Huangcun station,formerly Olympic Sports Center station when planning,is an interchange station between Line 4 and Line 21 of the Guangzhou Metro,and also the terminus of Line 4. It is located at the underground outside Guangdong Olympic Stadium in Huangcun Subdistrict,Tianhe District. It started operation on 25 September 2010. Line 4 linking the Asian Games New Town outside Haibang Station with Guangdong Olympic Stadium plays a major role in carrying passengers during the Guangzhou Asian Games. The station became a transfer station with Line 21 on 20 December 2019. It is located near the Tianhe East railway station.
The 2010 Asian Para Games,also known as the First Asian Para Games,was a parallel sport event for Asian athletes with a disability held in Guangzhou,China. Two weeks after the conclusion of the 16th Asian Games,It opened on December 12 and closed on December 19,2010.
The National Stadium (国家体育场),a.k.a Bird's Nest (鸟巢),is a stadium at Olympic Green in Chaoyang,Beijing,China. The National Stadium,covering an area of 204,000 square meters with 91,000 capacity,broke ground in December 2003,officially started construction in March 2004,and was completed in June 2008.
The Guangdong Olympic Tennis Centre is a tennis centre located in Guangzhou,China. It has 13 outdoor tennis courts and can seat 9,534 spectators in its main competition stadium and accommodate 1,845 in a subsidiary hall. It hosted the tennis event at the 2010 Asian Games. It has been the home of Guangzhou International Women's Open from 2015 to 2018.
Football at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou,Guangdong,China from 7 to 25 November 2010. The opening match was played 5 days prior to the opening ceremony. In this tournament,24 teams played in the men's competition,and 7 teams participated in women's competition.
Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou,China from 21 to 27 November 2010. A total of 47 events were contested –24 by men and 23 by women –matching the Olympic athletics programme. The 42 track and field events on the programme were hosted at the Aoti Main Stadium while the marathons and racewalking competitions took place around the city's University Town. Sixteen Asian Games records were broken during the seven-day competition.
The Field hockey event at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou,Guangdong,China from 13 November 2010 for Women and 15 November 2010 for Men. In this tournament,10 teams played in the men's competition,and 7 teams participated in the women's competition. All matches were played at the Aoti Hockey Field.
The City Forex Stadium is an international cricket stadium in Guangzhou,Guangdong,China. It is used mostly for cricket and also for Australian football,rugby tens,rugby union and touch rugby. GZ United are the tenants of the stadium.
The Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center Central Stadium is a stadium situated in the Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center,Guangzhou,Guangdong province,China. It is used mainly for association football,athletics,rugby union,and rugby sevens.
