宁波奥体中心

Ningbo Olympic Sports Center occupies 1,280 Yunfei Road in Jiangbei District on the north bank of the Yao River and is the largest sports building group in Ningbo. The 815-mu site is built in two phases. Phase one broke ground on 29 December 2014, began trial operation in early July 2019 and opened formally on 19 October 2019; it comprises an arena, a swimming hall, a multi-purpose hall and the Olympic park. Phase two adds the main stadium and an international sports exchange centre. The arena has 53,934 sqm of floor area, is built to Class-A standards and seats 13,000 in the main hall, whose usable field area is 3,327.75 sqm; the secondary hall covers 1,680.21 sqm with a 1,591 sqm field and two permanent basketball training courts, alongside a 309.69 sqm press room and 26 function rooms. The swimming hall covers 34,054.87 sqm and contains 50 by 25 m competition and warm-up pools, a 25 by 10 m children's pool, a 25 by 25 m diving pool and a 218 sqm press room. The four-storey multi-purpose hall has 40,109.78 sqm, including a 4,499 sqm basketball hall with six full courts, a 2,282.6 sqm tennis hall with three courts and a 2,015 sqm table tennis hall with 30 tables. The park adds a 400 m track, a 1,280 m jogging path, a 6,400 sqm football pitch, two tennis courts and two basketball courts. The phase-two stadium, with about 200,000 sqm of floor area and 81,000 seats, topped out on 22 June 2026 and will be China's fourth 80,000-seat stadium after the Bird's Nest, Guangdong Olympic Stadium and Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium; no opening had been reported as of October 2026. Metro Line 4 stops at Olympic Sports Center station.