上城体育中心体育场

The Shangcheng Sports Centre Stadium stands at 12 Qianchao Road in the Sijiqing subdistrict of Shangcheng District, Hangzhou, and forms the stadium element of the centre's stadium, arena and tennis complex. The whole centre covers 80,424 square metres with 58,058 square metres of floor area across the stadium, the multi-purpose hall and the tennis centre. The stadium itself has 16,063 square metres of floor area and 13,544 seats, and entered service in 2009. It pairs a natural-turf football pitch with a standard 400-metre athletics track, the red and blue synthetic track setting off the green turf, with stands running along both sides. From 2019, in preparation for the 19th Asian Games, the stadium was renovated to international standards: halogen lamps were replaced with LED lighting, stands and functional rooms were refurbished, and the pitch and drainage were rebuilt, with reopening in June 2022. During the Asian Games it hosted several football matches, including the men's bronze medal match, and was the only venue in Shangcheng District to stage Asian Games football. After the Games it shifted to public use, with the track and pitch opened free or at low cost in time slots from 6 am to 9 pm, serving a large daily population of runners and fitness users and becoming an example of the Asian Games legacy absorbed into ordinary city life. Hangzhou will host the AFC U-20 Asian Cup in 2027, and this stadium is one of the venues. The centre provides 597 parking spaces and 15 charging points, sits within the second-phase residential area of Qianjiang New City, and is reachable by metro lines 9 and 19. For organisers the appeal is a medium-sized city stadium: 13,544 seats suit football, athletics, rugby and mid-sized concerts, the pitch and track can be alternated, the stands are compact with good sightlines, and the central location lowers the barrier to attendance; the weakness is the absence of a full roof, so schedules in the rainy season and the hottest months need a weather window.