昆明市体育中心

Kunming Municipal Sports Center occupies a prime site at 49 Huancheng West Road in Wuhua District. Its main buildings were completed in 1994 for the 9th Yunnan Provincial Games and hosted the national traditional games of ethnic minorities the following year. The complex comprises a stadium, a gymnasium and an indoor training hall; the stadium seats 16,000, the gymnasium is used mainly for badminton and table tennis, and outdoor courts and fitness trails fill the gaps, making this one of the busiest public sports compounds in the city centre. Football history runs deep here: the Bayi team used the ground as its home in the 1995 and 1996 Jia-A seasons and finished third, and Yunnan Hongta played Jia-B and Jia-A matches here between 1997 and 1999. In December 2024 the stadium began a full upgrade, relaying an international-standard rubber track, converting the pitch to a hybrid natural and artificial turf system with automatic irrigation and much better drainage, and renewing floodlights, a large high-definition screen, sound, function rooms and accessibility facilities, along with all 16,000 seats. The first match after the works, on 27 December 2025, drew more than 13,000 spectators, and Kunming won all nine home games of the season before crowds totalling over 120,000, earning the ground its fortress reputation. In 2026 it staged the athletics programme of the 17th Yunnan Provincial Games. The venue stays free or low-cost year round, and its gymnasium hosted the badminton and dance sport events of the provincial games in May and June 2026.