中国轻纺城体育中心体育馆

The China Textile City Sports Center Gymnasium stands at No. 2020 Diyang Road in Keqiao district, Shaoxing, at the southwest corner of Diyang Road and Fangdu Road, part of the China Textile City Sports Center, the largest sports complex in Shaoxing. The centre cost about 1.8 billion yuan and has 140,000 sqm of floor area, made up of a stadium, the gymnasium, a swimming hall and outdoor training grounds; the stadium seats 40,000 under a retractable roof that slides open from north and south. The gymnasium was completed in 2014 on a 28,681 sqm site with 18,513 sqm of floor area. Its design, a pearl-and-jade box joined together, gives it the look of a pearl set in a line with the stadium and swimming hall, linked by water in the manner of Keqiao's canal towns. Inside are a main competition hall and a warm-up hall, with 3,100 sqm of competition floor, 1,400 sqm of training floor and 3,666 seats, though local reports after the renovation put capacity at more than 5,000. To stage the Asian Games volleyball group matches the hall was renovated over 329 days from May 2020 and accepted on 31 March 2021; the original timber floor was kept and the sound and flag-raising systems reused, saving about 10 million yuan in construction cost. After the Games it runs as a multi-use hall for youth volleyball and basketball, major single-sport events and local competitions, with parts of the building open free to the public. The hall is a short walk from China Textile City station on Shaoxing metro line 1.