海珠体育中心

The Haizhu Sports Centre stands at 628 Zhongkai Road in the Sushe subdistrict of Haizhu District, just south of Haizhu Bridge, and was built for the sepak takraw tournament of the 2010 Asian Games. It was the only new Asian Games venue erected in central Guangzhou at the time. The site covers 37,188 square metres, the main hall about 25,000 square metres, and the project cost around RMB 135 million; it was completed on 13 August 2010 with a demonstration match. The main hall has 1,742 fixed seats, a court laid out to international sepak takraw requirements, and clear height and lighting sufficient for television broadcast. During the Games it staged the whole sepak takraw programme, and the then head of the international federation described it as one of only two international-standard sepak takraw halls in the world. After the Games the venue turned to public sport: the first and third floors were converted into badminton courts, making it one of the largest dedicated badminton halls in central Guangzhou, while outdoor badminton courts and table tennis tables opened free of charge, all run by the Haizhu District Sports Venues and Fitness Centre. On 17 September 2025 a second phase, the Haizhu Cultural Service Centre, opened immediately east of the first phase with about 56,000 square metres of floor area, adding a swimming hall, a children's palace and a library near Binhai Donglu station on metro line 10, so that the site has grown from a single hall into a culture-and-sport complex. For event owners the appeal is a central location with a mid-sized hall: 1,742 seats suit badminton, table tennis, sepak takraw and basketball tournaments as well as launches, esports and mid-scale concerts, the clear height allows staging without obstruction, and the surrounding mature residential districts make audience access easy, although noise limits have to be agreed with neighbours for large shows. The venue is on Zhongkai Road with bus stops at the gate, and both Jiangnanxi station on line 2 and Binhai Donglu on line 10 are a short shuttle ride away.