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Hanghai Stadium stands at 18 Chaofeng Road, Guancheng Hui District, inside the Zhengzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone south-east of the Hanghai Road interchange with the airport expressway. Completed in September 2002 at a total investment of about 120 million yuan, it was first used for the football tournament of the 9th Henan Provincial Games. The ground covers 160 mu with 35,000 sqm of floor area and an outer footprint of 244 by 216 m. It has 26 spectator zones and 34 evacuation exits, all-seater capacity of 29,860, a full-cover twin-peaked membrane roof over the stands, a natural grass pitch and an all-weather synthetic track, plus professional lighting, sound reinforcement, communications, fire alarm and electronic scoreboard systems. Two multi-purpose side halls of 904.91 and 908.15 sqm handle VIP reception, press conferences and commercial use. Henan Jianye moved its home games back to Zhengzhou and settled here for the 2003 season; on 29 December 2009 the Jianye group bought the stadium for 118 million yuan, making the club the first in China to own its own ground. Now renamed Henan FC, the club still plays here, with Chinese Super League fixtures alternating with concerts. A listed historic building of Zhengzhou since 10 December 2018, the ground is bounded by Hanghai Road to the north and the airport expressway to the east, served by several bus routes in an industrial and logistics district. At the time of construction the membrane roof and the all-weather track were cited as advanced features among Chinese stadiums.