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, hula and

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place in

Chaoyang Park Chaoyang Park () is a park located on the site of the former Prince's Palace in Beijing's Chaoyang District. The park's construction began in 1984 and it became Beijing's largest park. It is approximately 2.8 km in length and approximately 1.5 ...

that used to be one of 9 temporary venues used for the

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. It was built on the site of the ex-Beijing Gas Appliance Factory () but now a part of the park. The ground was used for the

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matches. The venue had a capacity of 12,000, consisting of 1 competition ground, 2 warmup grounds, and 6 training grounds. Court 2 was used on Day 6 of competition. After the Olympics, the venue hosted the Beijing Grand Slam of the

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in 2011 and 2012. It also hosted the Beijing Ocean-Beach Carnival every summer since 2009.

References

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