上海体育场

Shanghai Stadium stands at 666 Tianyaoqiao Road in Xuhui District, within the block bounded by Caoxi North Road, Lingling Road and Tianyaoqiao Road. Built for the Eighth National Games and opened in October 1997, it is commonly known as the '80,000-seat Stadium'. The site covers about 190,000 square metres with roughly 170,000 square metres of gross floor area. Its circular form rises 70.6 metres and spans 288.4 metres east-west and 274.4 metres north-south, and its saddle-shaped membrane roof was the first of its kind on a major Chinese stadium. The original layout combined a 105 by 68 metre football pitch with a 400-metre synthetic running track, and more than a hundred boxes were set between the three tiers of seating. The stadium has hosted the Eighth National Games, the 2007 Summer Special Olympics, football matches of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Chinese Super League and AFC Champions League fixtures, the Shanghai Marathon and the Shanghai Diamond League meeting, and has long been the home ground of Shanghai Shenhua. Between 2020 and 2023 it was rebuilt as a football-specific venue: the running track was removed, capacity rose from about 56,800 to 72,000, and the stands were brought closer to the pitch. It reopened on 16 April 2023 with a Shenhua match against Shandong Taishan. The venue also stages large concerts and commercial events, and is served by Shanghai Indoor Stadium station on Line 1, Shanghai Stadium station on Line 4 and Shanghai Swimming Centre station on Line 11, with around 1,600 parking spaces nearby. The stadium is owned by the Shanghai East Asia Sports and Culture Centre.