临安文化体育会展中心

The Lin'an Sports Culture and Exhibition Centre, also written Lin'an Culture and Sports Exhibition Centre, stands at 599 Jiuzhou Street in the Jinnan New Town of Lin'an District, Hangzhou, about 64 km south-west of the Asian Games Village. It hosted taekwondo and wrestling at the 19th Asian Games with 34,060 sqm of floor area and 3,728 seats, arranged as two halls and one outdoor ground. Completed and opened in 2014, it was upgraded for the Games on a frugal basis: the facades were only cleaned, works concentrated on the interior, a warm-up hall was added, and 85 indicators across seven areas — field of play, spectator facilities, functional rooms and event systems — were brought up to standard, while the existing timber floor was kept intact under protective film and netting, saving several million yuan. Light pipes provide daylight without electricity, collecting sun on the roof and diffusing it through tubes into the hall to cut lighting energy by at least 80 per cent, backed by building automation, energy monitoring and integrated maintenance systems. Before the Games the venue hosted television shows such as 'The Sound of Dreams' and 'Come On, Champion' and a Richard Clayderman concert. Jiuzhou Street station on Metro Line 16 is at the door. After the Games the gymnasium, multi-purpose hall and swimming hall moved into public fitness use, offering badminton, swimming and basketball. Besides the competition gymnasium, the complex includes a multi-purpose hall and a swimming hall that stay open for public bookings, and an outdoor ground used for athletics and football. The exterior is clad in perforated aluminium panels, which were cleaned rather than replaced during the upgrade.