中国杭州电竞中心

The China Hangzhou Esports Center stands at 102 Shixiang Road in Gongshu District, Hangzhou, inside Beijingen Ecological Park, north of the Liushi elevated road, east of Changbin Road and south of the Hangzhou-Nanjing railway. It is the first professional esports venue in China built to Asian Games competition standards. Work began on 28 September 2020, the building was completed on 31 March 2022 and it opened on 31 May that year. It occupies a 12,838 square metre site with about 80,000 square metres of floor area, of which 19,000 square metres are above ground and 61,000 below, and rises 23.9 metres over one basement and three above-ground levels. The design concept is an interstellar vortex: three main walkways form a skeleton that spirals upward around the core, producing a doubly curved shell that looks like a starship from the air. The hall was built to Class A venue standards and a three-star green building rating; ground-source heat pumps combined with cooling towers cut energy use by around 30 per cent, and six intelligent systems with 63 subsystems cover 5G connectivity, facial recognition and energy monitoring. It seated 4,087 spectators for the Asian Games, when it hosted the esports competitions; other sources quote a total capacity of about 5,000. Public opening began on 1 July 2022, with visits from 09:00 to 17:30 on weekdays by booking through the Zhejiang government service app. The centre anchors a wider esports district that Gongshu is promoting for tournaments, training and industry tenants, with NetEase titles among the events held there since the Games.