呼和浩特体育中心

Hohhot Sports Center is a public-service unit under the Hohhot Municipal Sports Bureau, located on Genghis Khan Avenue in Xincheng District. It brings together Hohhot Stadium, the swimming and diving hall, the multi-purpose arena, the Zhadagai Park tennis hall and an athletes' residence, forming what the city describes as one stadium, one school and two halls. The swimming and diving hall and the arena were approved in 2013, started in 2014 and were completed and entered trial operation in 2021, with the swimming and diving hall finishing on 19 April, as a project marking the 70th anniversary of the autonomous region and a key municipal livelihood scheme. The two buildings share a 63,192 sqm site with 48,000 sqm of floor area and a total investment of 781 million yuan. The swimming and diving hall has 31,645.9 sqm of floor area and about 2,700 sqm of water: a 25 by 50 m ten-lane competition pool, a 25 by 21 m diving pool with 3, 5, 7.5 and 10 m platforms, and a 50 by 15 m warm-up pool, with 3,050 spectator seats and 45 VIP seats. The arena is 28 m high over three above-ground levels, and its competition hall can switch between ice and dry-floor configurations. It has 2,200 fixed and 1,300 movable seats, 3,500 in total, and hosts basketball, volleyball, badminton, handball, fencing, billiards, short-track speed skating and ice hockey. A 14.5 by 45 m movable curling rink with three standard sheets stands alongside. The centre's public telephone is 0471-3908492. The two halls share circulation and service areas so that a single event can use both.