拓东体育中心体育馆

The gymnasium of Tuodong Sports Center at 99 Dongfeng East Road in Panlong District was built in 1959 as one of ten buildings presented by Kunming for the tenth anniversary of the People's Republic. It is a Soviet-style structure now listed as an immovable cultural relic. The main hall closed in the late 1990s, variously dated to 1997 or 2000, and stood idle for years before a renovation began in March 2025 with an investment of 84 million yuan. Work was completed in April 2026 and the hall reopened to the public that July. The project followed a restore-as-found approach, keeping the Soviet outline, the terrazzo facade and the five-pointed star on the roof while replacing the timber structure with a frame and adding escape routes to meet seismic and fire codes. The rebuilt complex consists of the main hall, a practice hall and support rooms; the main hall seats 3,000 and can hold one standard basketball court, suiting small competitions, stage productions, brand launches and public fitness. It forms a stadium-and-hall pair with Tuodong Stadium across the road, where renovation cost about 250 million yuan, bringing the joint programme to more than 330 million yuan and filling Kunming's gap in venues for high-level sport and entertainment. Outdoor basketball courts stay free, and the hall now takes bookings, making the project a rare case of keeping the building and changing its use in the old city. The square outside is used for morning exercise, and the hall takes bookings through the center.