英东体育馆

Yingdong Gymnasium stands at 106 Fanhua Road in Shiqiao, the old town of Panyu District, and forms the Yingdong Sports Centre together with Yingdong Stadium and the Yingdong swimming pool. It was financed by the Hong Kong businessman Henry Fok, completed in 1987 and has become a landmark of Panyu's central district. The building has 9,900 square metres of floor area. Its main competition hall measures 38 by 24 metres, is floored in teak and is surrounded by 2,499 fixed seats. A large electronic scoreboard, central air-conditioning, a sound system and fire protection equipment were installed, allowing the hall to stage basketball, volleyball, badminton and table tennis as well as assemblies and performances. During the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games it hosted basketball matches. As a district-level multi-purpose hall it has long served Panyu's own competitions, youth training and public fitness programmes, and it is operated together with the neighbouring stadium and swimming pool; the district's public cultural facilities directory lists opening hours of 09:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 20:00 daily. The three venues sit within walking distance of one another in the old town, close to Shiqiao's traditional shopping streets and residential neighbourhoods. Sitting in the middle of the old town, it remains one of the main indoor sports venues for local residents. They are managed as a single sports centre by the Panyu District Sports Venue Development Centre, which runs district competitions, training and subsidised public sessions. The gymnasium has witnessed the growth of sport in Panyu and remains a familiar public venue in Shiqiao. The venue's enquiry line is 020-84877802.