Daegu Stadium, also known as the Blue Arc, is a multi-purpose sports stadium located in

Daegu Daegu (, , literally 'large hill', 대구광역시), formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; it is ...

, South Korea. It was formerly named Daegu World Cup Stadium but was changed to Daegu Stadium on 5 March 2008. It has a

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for 66,422 people, and parking for 3,550 cars. It is located approximately 11 kilometers or 20 minutes by car from

Daegu Airport Daegu International Airport (Hangul: ; Hanja: ; Revised Romanization: ''Daegu Gukje Gonghang''; McCune-Reischauer: ''Taegu Kukche Konghang'') is the international airport serving the city of Daegu and the surrounding area in the southeast of S ...

. It is managed by the Daegu Sports Facilities Management Center. It was one of the host venues of the

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and the main stadium for the

2003 Summer Universiade The 2003 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXII Summer Universiade, took place in Daegu, South Korea. Emblem * The alphabet letter "U" and five stars, which is FISU's emblem, make up the basis of the emblem for the Daegu Universiade. * It sym ...

and the

2011 World Championships in Athletics The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011. The United States topped the medal standings in th ...

. It was the home stadium of

Daegu FC Daegu FC (Korean: 대구 FC) is a South Korean professional football club based in Daegu. The club was founded as a community club at the end of 2002, and made their K League 1 debut in 2003. Daegu has played mostly in the K League 1 but was re ...

until 2018.

Construction

The construction was completed in May 2001 at a cost of 265,000,000

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. The roof was engineered by the international consultancy

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. The roof is in two sections, each with an inclined trussed steel

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spanning 273 m for a rise of only 28.7 m, and propped by 13 secondary arches off a perimeter second "arch" that is supported by raking columns. The total roof steel weight is 4,350 t. The roof cladding is a PTFE-coated glass-reinforced fabric canopy. The modelling (form-finding) and analysis of the tensile roof was performed by Tensys. Wind tunnel studies were carried out by

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to assess the wind loading on the roof.

2002 FIFA World Cup

The stadium was the largest stadium in

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during the

. It held the following matches:

Events

Daegu Marathon

Daegu World Cup Stadium hosts the

Daegu Marathon The Daegu International Marathon is an annual marathon race which takes place in April in Daegu, South Korea. The day's events also feature a 5K event and a 10K event, as well as the full course marathon (42.195 km). The race begins and end ...

annually in April of each year.

Concerts

The stadium was also the venue for the 8th Asia Song Festival, organised by ''Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange'', in 2011.The Chosun Ilb
Asian Singers to Gather in Daegu for Asia's Biggest Pop Concert
10 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-12

References

External links

Daegu Sports Facilities Management Center
{{IAAF World Athletic Championships stadiums Daegu FC 2002 FIFA World Cup stadiums in South Korea 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup stadiums in South Korea Football venues in South Korea Athletics (track and field) venues in South Korea Sports venues in Daegu Sports venues completed in 2001 2001 establishments in South Korea K League 1 stadiums K League 2 stadiums