Location | Guangzhou, China |
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Public transit | Huangcun 4 21 |
Owner | Guangdong People's Government |
Operator | Guangdong Sports Bureau |
Capacity | 80,012 |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 31 December 1998 [1] |
Built | 1999–2001 |
Opened | 22 September 2001 [2] |
Construction cost | 1.23 billion RMB |
Architect | Ellerbe Becket [3] |
Guangdong Olympic Stadium | |||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 廣東奧林匹克體育中心 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 广东奥林匹克体育中心 | ||||||||||
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