The Qingdao Sports Center Stadium or officially Qingdao Conson Stadium () is a

multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...

Qingdao Qingdao (, also spelled Tsingtao; , Mandarin: ) is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city's name in Chinese characters literally means " azure island". Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, it is a major nodal city of the One Belt ...

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. It is currently holds 45,000 people and used mostly for

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

matches. The stadium was invested by Qingdao Etsong Tobacco Group and opened in August 1999 as Etsong Sports Center Stadium (). It was the home stadium of

Qingdao Etsong Hainiu Qingdao Hainiu may reference one of the following football clubs: * Qingdao F.C., a football club established in 2013, named Qingdao Hainiu between 2013 and 2015 *Qingdao Hainiu F.C. (1990) Qingdao Hainiu Football Club (, known as Hai-niu or lit ...

and

Qingdao Hailifeng Qingdao Hailifeng F.C. (), previously named Qingdao JVC Zhengyi, Qingdao Benda and Hefei Chuangyi was a former professional association football club in the Chinese Football Association Jia League. The club was engaged in "bribery and private bus ...

. The stadium was abandoned in 2006 due to safety problems.沉睡数年，国信体育场重生
/ref> Qingdao Conson Development Group took charge the stadium in July 2008 and changed its name as Qingdao Conson Stadium. The stadium was renovated in 2012.

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Qingdao Yizhong Sports Center.
Buildings and structures in Qingdao Football venues in Qingdao Sport in Qingdao Multi-purpose stadiums in China Sports venues in Shandong {{PRChina-sports-venue-stub

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