The Chengdu Sports Center () or Sichuan Provincial Sports Center () is a sports complex with a multiuse
stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
in
Chengdu
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,
China
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which is used mostly for
soccer
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matches.
The stadium holds 39,225 and opened on 28 December 1991; it was the home of the
Chengdu Blades, a soccer club in
China League One, the second tier of the Chinese soccer pyramid.
It was one of the venues for the group stages of the
2007
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FIFA Women's World Cup
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. It hosted six games in total.
The stadium has also held concerts. Past events include Canadian singer
Avril Lavigne
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's
Best Damn Tour on September 30, 2008, marking the first time a Western artist performed at the stadium, and also
K-pop
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boy group Big Bang
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's
Made World Tour on August 14, 2015 in front of 30,000 fans.
Mariah Carey
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played
The Elusive Chanteuse Show Tour at October 12, 2014.
It will be used for the opening and closing ceremonies of the
2019 World Police and Fire Games
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Films
* ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film
* ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film
Music ...
.
References
Buildings and structures in Chengdu
Football venues in Chengdu
2007 FIFA Women's World Cup stadiums
Sport in Chengdu
Sports venues in Sichuan
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