The National Stadium (; also named 龍騰體育場), formerly known as the World Games Stadium, is a

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in Zuoying District,

Kaohsiung Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...

, Taiwan. It is currently the largest stadium in Taiwan in terms of capacity. Completed in 2009, it is used mostly for football matches and it hosted the main events for the 2009 World Games. The stadium has a capacity of 55,000 people. Since the conclusion of the games, the stadium has been used for some Taiwanese football team matches. The stadium, designed by Japanese architect

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, makes use of

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to provide its power needs. The stadium's semi spiral-shaped, like a dragon, is the first stadium in the world to provide power using

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technology. The

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s covering the vast external face of the stadium are able to generate most of the power required for its own operation, as well as additional power that can be saved.

Transportation

The stadium is accessible within walking distance West from

World Games Station World Games is a station on the Red line of Kaohsiung MRT in Nanzih District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The station is named after the World Games 2009. Station overview The station is a four-level, elevated station with two side platforms and four e ...

of the

Kaohsiung MRT Kaohsiung Metro () is a rapid transit and light rail system covering the metropolitan area of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Its rapid transit network is known as Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit or Kaohsiung MRT. Construction of the MRT started in October 200 ...

Events

Concerts

Gallery

File:WorldGame2009 Stadium Square.jpg, Stadium Plaza File:WorldGame2009 Stadium Spectator Areas.jpg, Auditorium File:WorkdGame2009 Stadium roof.jpg, Roof File:WorldGame2009 Stadium.jpg, National Stadium under construction File:The Main Stadium for 2009 World Games panorama.jpg, During the 2009 World Games File:World Games Main Stadium Panorama.jpg, The 2009 World Games closing ceremony

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