南京五台山体育中心

Nanjing Wutaishan Sports Centre occupies 173 Guangzhou Road in Gulou District, in the central city close to Xinjiekou and the Guangzhou Road commercial area, and is the oldest comprehensive sports complex in Jiangsu. The stadium broke ground on 18 August 1952 and opened in 1953 on 55,000 sqm of land, with a football pitch measuring 105 m north to south and 66 m east to west and seating for 18,600; it was the first floodlit professional football ground in the province. The centre also contains a ten-thousand-seat indoor arena, a swimming and diving hall, a multi-purpose training hall, a bowling alley, tennis courts, a hotel and athletics facilities. The arena seats 8,000 for basketball, while the swimming and diving hall, shaped like a breaching whale, was a landmark building of the third National City Games. The ground has been home to Jiangsu Shuntian, Nanjing Youyou, Nanjing Qianbao and Nanjing City, has staged the third National City Games, the sixth National Games for persons with disabilities and men's football at the 10th National Games, and since 1998 has hosted concerts by Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung and A-Mei. In 2025 a Jiangsu City League match drew more than 15,000 fans, a record for the old ground. Metro Line 4 at Yunnan Road station, exit 2, is about 600 m away. The complex is owned by the Jiangsu provincial government, and its central location keeps the halls busy with badminton, swimming, basketball and bowling bookings as well as match days. It also acts as a provincial training base for youth tennis and swimming.