临平体育中心体育馆

The Linping Sports Center Gymnasium forms part of the Linping Sports Center at 177 Donghu South Road in Linping District, Hangzhou, a cluster built around a Silk Road theme in which the arena, stadium, swimming hall, training hall and covered field are joined by elevated walkways. The arena was the volleyball and karate venue for the Asian Games and also hosted sitting volleyball at the Asian Para Games. It contains a competition hall and a warm-up hall across 16,888 square metres of floor area, with 4,300 seats during the Games made up of 3,340 fixed and 900 retractable seats. The refurbishment took the silk capital as its theme: curved metal louvres on the facade imitate the texture of silk, and RGBW lighting washes the building in shifting colour at night. Inside, the floor is an international-standard timber system on a floating single-solid-wood joist base, and the competition mat meets World Karate Federation certification, with a dual-screen display used for karate for the first time. Accessibility was treated in detail, with level thresholds at athlete entrances, accessible showers and toilets in the changing rooms, braille on lift buttons and wheelchair spaces with companion seats in the stands. Since the Games the district has combined low-fee and free access, typically opening from 06:00 to 21:00 with three basketball courts, eight badminton courts and the 400-metre track available. Linping has since positioned the hall as a karate base, hosting World Karate Federation K1 Premier League events and Asian youth championships, while the shared podium lets spectators move between halls without going outdoors.