温州体育中心体育场

Wenzhou Sports Center Stadium stands at No. 6 Minhang Road in Lucheng district, Wenzhou, the main outdoor ground of the Wenzhou Sports Center. The centre was built from 1995 and the stadium opened in 1997, covering 57,422.81 sqm of land with 14,843.52 sqm of floor area and 15,192 seats. Its 400 m synthetic track surrounds a natural-turf football pitch. Ahead of the Hangzhou Asian Games the stadium was renovated between 2020 and 2022 at a cost of about 64.8 million yuan, with new turf, irrigation, drainage, lighting and competition facilities. Eighteen sensors buried in the pitch monitor root temperature, moisture, acidity and nutrient levels, an example of what the city calls smart turf management, and eight retractable floodlight masts, each 53 m tall and 19 tonnes, carry 296 LED sports luminaires that can be dimmed between broadcast, match and public-fitness modes. During the 2023 Asian Games the ground shared the women's football group matches with the Wenzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium. Afterwards it returned to normal operation: the infield is open for morning and evening exercise, the perimeter track and public fitness areas are free to residents, and the shops and tenants around the concourse reopened. Thanks to its central location the stadium continues to host football and athletics meetings, concerts and exhibitions, and it is one of the most heavily used public sports grounds in Wenzhou. The sports centre around it also contains a 20,206 sqm gymnasium with 4,767 fixed seats and a 17,700 sqm diving and swimming hall with 2,000 seats, so the stadium works as part of a compact downtown cluster rather than a stand-alone ground. That central position, a short walk from the city's commercial spine, is why the city also uses it for concerts, exhibitions and school sports days.