南京奥林匹克体育中心

Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre occupies 222 Jiangdong Middle Road in Jianye District, at the heart of the Hexi new town. Covering 896,000 sqm with about 401,000 sqm of floor area, it was the main venue for the 10th National Games in 2005, the 2013 Asian Youth Games and the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games. Designed by HOK Sport of Australia, construction started in January 2002 and the centre opened in May 2005 at a total cost of around four billion yuan. It comprises a stadium, an arena, a swimming hall, a tennis centre and a sports science centre, with some 150,000 sqm of roads and parking and nearly 400,000 sqm of landscaped grounds. The stadium has 136,340 sqm of floor area and 61,000 seats under a double-curved roof marked by two red arches leaning outwards at 45 degrees with a span of 361.58 m; the track is Italian Mondo and two end screens total 560 sqm. The arena offers about 60,000 sqm and 13,000 seats, some removable, plus 29 club boxes, while the swimming hall covers nearly 30,000 sqm with 4,000 seats. Once home to Jiangsu FC, the stadium drew 60,396 spectators for a Jiangsu City League match in 2025. Metro Line 2 at Olympic East station and Line 10 at Olympic Sports Centre station serve the east and west gates. The centre still works as a public sports park, with swimming, tennis, badminton, basketball, table tennis, ice skating and archery clubs based on site, and the stadium bowl is regularly used for concerts and exhibitions.