徐家汇体育公园

Xujiahui Sports Park lies in Xuhui District, enclosed by Lingling Road, Caoxi North Road, Zhongshan South Second Road and Tianyaoqiao Road. The five-sided site covers 35.96 hectares with about 250,000 square metres of gross floor area. It descends from the Shanghai Sports Centre planned in the 1960s and is now built and managed by the Juss Group and operated by Juss Sports. Shanghai Indoor Stadium and Shanghai Stadium form its central axis; to the north is a free 'oxygen park' of lawns and fitness trails, and to the south a 'sports park' containing the swimming centre, the Wan-ti-hui complex and outdoor courts, with the two halves linked by running and walking paths. The three historic venues each have a distinct role. Shanghai Stadium, completed in 1997 and renovated in 2023, seats 72,000 and is the home of Shanghai Shenhua as well as a major concert venue. Shanghai Indoor Stadium, completed in 1975 and known as the '10,000-seat hall', has 10,000 seats for performances and 12,000 for sport, and is the home arena of the Shanghai Sharks. Shanghai Swimming Centre, completed in 1983 and renovated in 2023, contains a standard pool, training pool, diving pool and children's pool. Wan-ti-hui, the only new building, opened for trial operation in February 2022 with its main volume sunk underground: the first basement holds 35 badminton courts, three indoor tennis courts and four squash courts, while the second basement has 18 table-tennis tables. Outdoors there are four full basketball courts, eight half-courts, one seven-a-side and four five-a-side football pitches, four tennis courts and a padel court. Most courts can be booked through the Juss Sports app or mini-programme, and the park is served by Shanghai Indoor Stadium station on Line 1, Shanghai Stadium station on Line 4 and Shanghai Swimming Centre station on Line 11.