浦东足球场

Shanghai Pudong Football Stadium stands at 1,288 Jinxiang Road in Jinqiao, Pudong New Area, bounded by Jinxiang Road to the east, Jinkui Road to the south, Jindian Road to the west and Jinxiu East Road to the north, about 13 km from the city centre. It is the home of Shanghai Port FC and the first stadium in China built to FIFA A-level and AFC standards. The site covers 100,842 sqm with 139,304 sqm of gross floor area and a height of 38 m. Fixed seating totals 33,765, with a maximum capacity of 37,000; the lower tier holds 19,229 seats, the upper tier 13,388 and VIP seating 1,148. The rectangular bowl with rounded corners brings the first row just 8.5 m from the pitch, the minimum permitted by FIFA, and the 212 m cable-supported roof with a central compression ring covers every seat while helping to retain crowd noise. The pitch uses anchored hybrid grass with grow lights and ventilation equipment. The white metal skin evokes Chinese white porcelain, hence the nickname 'White Jade Bowl', and can be used for projection. A 320 sqm news conference room for 250 people sits on the basement level, while the ground-floor commercial zone houses fencing, squash, table tennis, indoor golf and other sports. Metro Line 14 stops at Pudong Football Stadium and Yunshun Road stations, and bus routes 42 and 88 serve the site. The pitch is laid out north-south, 15 degrees west of north, with two outdoor training pitches to the west and a landscaped entry plaza off Jinxiu East Road.