泰达足球场

TEDA Football Stadium stands on Aoyun Road in Binhai New Area, north-east of its junction with TEDA Avenue and south of TEDA Fashion Plaza, and was the second specialist football ground in China after Shanghai Hongkou. Work began in June 2002 and the stadium opened in April 2004, covering about 63,000 sqm with some 81,000 sqm of floor area, roughly 36,000 all-seater places and a total investment of about 530 million yuan. Designed by Parsons of the United States, it won a Luban Prize in 2005. There is no running track, so spectators sit close to a pitch measuring 105 m by 68 m, surrounded by a safety moat 1.4 m deep and 1.8 m wide, with undersoil heating to prevent winter freezing. The east and west stands rise four tiers, the north and south stands two, VIP boxes occupy the third tier, and about 70 per cent of seats are covered. The stadium staged the opening of the first Chinese Super League season in May 2004 and between 2004 and 2013 hosted 107 CSL, three FA Cup, two CSL Cup and nine AFC Champions League matches. Damaged in the 2015 Tianjin port explosion and closed because of ground settlement, it reopened in July 2023 after renovation using FIFA-standard anchored grass, becoming one of Tianjin Jinmen Tiger's two home grounds. Metro Line 9 at Convention and Exhibition Centre station is about 570 m away. The ground is owned by Tianjin TEDA Investment Holding and operated by Tianjin Jinmen Tiger; the 2023 renovation added a mixed zone and a news conference room and replanned the dressing rooms.