红山体育馆

Hongshan Gymnasium stands on Xinmin West Street in Urumqi's Shuimogou District, against the east gate of Hongshan Park, with street numbers recorded as both 90 and 92. It opened in 2002, is operated by the Hongshan Sports Centre and is the best known indoor basketball arena in the city. Published capacity varies: Wikipedia gives 4,500 seats while the municipal government's 2025 venue profile counts 3,500 people, a difference that comes mainly from how retractable and fixed seating are counted. The building covers 15,558.52 sqm on a 24.8 m high structure with one basement and four upper floors. From 2002 it was the long-standing home court of the Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers in the CBA and the backdrop to the club's strongest years: in the 2016-17 season the team played its home games here and won the first championship in its history. The arena was known for full houses and high attendance, with local media reporting an average of more than 95 per cent in 2014, among the best in the league. In March 2023 Guanghui moved its home games to the Urumqi Olympic Sports Centre, and Hongshan Gymnasium left the CBA circuit, shifting to mass fitness, youth basketball coaching, amateur competitions and stage shows, with its ground floor let for commercial use. The arena sits on the eastern edge of Hongshan Park, close to Xinmin West Street and a dense bus network, within walking distance of the Hongshan Pagoda and the park entrances, and on match days crowds used to arrive and disperse along Xinmin West Street and Hongshan Road. The city lists it as one of the four venues of the Hongshan Sports Centre, together with the stadium, the natatorium and the outdoor pool.