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The Shanghai Oriental Sports Center is close to Huangpu River, next to Expo Park in Shanghai's Pudong New Area. The total investment was two billion yuan. The center is situated near the Oriental Sports Center station on the Shanghai Metro. The arena was designed by German architecture firm GMP. The facility sits on a man-made lake that connects to the Huangpu River. The sport center's area is 34.75 hectares (85.9 acres); the floor space is 163,800 square meters. In the construction, the workers used 3,000 tons steel to build the architecture.

 

Building   information

City

ShanghaiChina

Capacity

18000indoor arena

5000(indoor swimming poor,   seated)

5000(outdoor swimming poor,   seated)

Built

2008-2011

Opened

July 2011

Construction cost

USD $ 313millio

Architects

Gerkan, Marg and Partners

 

Indoor Stadium

The main venue at the sports complex is the Indoor Stadium. It has a capacity of 18,000 and it is used for various events, like arena football, speed skating, basketball, mixed martial arts, figure skating, swimming and eSports.

 

Competitions:

14th World Aquatics Championships from July 16–31, 2011.

2012 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships.

2014 FINA Diving World Cup.

2015 World Figure Skating Championships 23–29 March 2015

Road FC 27

League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational 2016

League of Legends World Championship 2017 Semifinals