大湾区文化体育中心

The Greater Bay Area Culture and Sports Center occupies the southern tip of Wanqingsha in Nansha District, Guangzhou, at 1 Wenti Road, facing the Lingdingyang estuary at what planners call the geometric centre of the Greater Bay Area. Opened in 2025, the complex covers about 0.68 sq km and comprises a 60,000-seat Class-A stadium, a 20,000-seat indoor arena, a swimming and diving hall, and supporting athlete and media centres, forming a large urban complex for sport, culture and tourism. The stadium has about 186,000 sqm of gross floor area and takes the Chinese ceremonial fan as its concept: the roof opens like a folding fan in overlapping tile-like planes. Most seats have a sea view, creating the venue's signature experience of watching a match while looking out over the water. Built by China State Construction's Third and Eighth Engineering Bureaus, it meets standards for top domestic multi-sport events and international single-sport championships, and can be converted for concerts, exhibitions and dual peace-time uses. The 2025 Guangdong Provincial Football Super League opened here, and the venue is a key site for the 15th National Games. Metro Line 18 reaches Wanqingsha station, from where Nansha bus 25, Tourist Line 1 or event shuttles run to the centre; the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link and the Nansha station hub connect Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhongshan. The 20,000-seat arena and the swimming and diving hall share outdoor terraces with the stadium, and a waterfront promenade links the buildings to the estuary edge. The centre is a key venue for the 15th National Games, which Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao co-host, reinforcing its role as shared infrastructure for the whole bay area.