兰州奥体中心

Lanzhou Olympic Sports Center lies on Shen'an Avenue in Qilihe District, Lanzhou, beside Metro Line 1's Lanzhou Olympic Sports Center station and about 6 km in a straight line from Lanzhou West high-speed railway station. It is Gansu's first modern venue cluster able to host international single-sport championships and national multi-sport games. Delivered as a PPP project with 5.4 billion yuan of investment, it covers about 516,000 sqm of land with roughly 450,000 sqm of floor area; construction began in July 2019 and the centre opened in 2022. The one-stadium, three-halls programme comprises the Rose Stadium with 80,400 sqm and 60,000 seats, the Tulip arena with 40,750 sqm and 8,000 seats, the Lily swimming hall with 32,000 sqm and 3,000 seats and the Lotus tennis hall with 11,500 sqm and 3,000 seats, plus the Orchid sports complex, outdoor fitness grounds, athletes' apartments and sports industry space. The design concept, dancing flowers on the flying apsaras' ribbons, gives each building the form of a flower dancing on the Silk Road; the five main volumes echo the Olympic rings, clad in warm gold and pale grey aluminium with glass curtain walls, tracing a continuous petal silhouette along the Yellow River skyline. The arena has an embedded ice-making system for rapid ice-to-basketball conversion and can host short-track speed skating and ice hockey; the swimming hall has adjustable depth for fitness, water park and diving programmes; the tennis hall has a retractable roof for tennis, esports, concerts and exhibitions. Shen'an Avenue and the South Binhe Road serve the site, with Metro Line 1 and bus routes providing public access.