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. Hailed as a great feat of engineering at the time of its construction, the building is now considered dated and out-classed by newly constructed sporting facilities nearby. It is now used for entertainment events and sporting competitions, like table tennis.

Name

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. The two facilities have very similar names in Chinese – the Shanghai Indoor Stadium is literally called a "Sports Arena" () while the Shanghai Stadium is called a "Sports Field" () – while in English their names differ only by the addition of "Indoor". This poor translation has been a source of confusion, especially after the opening of

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with adjacent stations of these names. When serving as a concert venue, it is often referred to as Shanghai Grand Stage () or Shanghai Gymnasium. It is also the venue for the annual Shanghai Masters snooker championship, a major event on the international

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calendar.

Notable events

Concerts by international performers

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* 12 February 2007: ''The Dark Side of the Moon Live'' - Roger Waters * 26 June 2007: ''Back to Basics Tour'' - Christina Aguilera * 5 November 2007: ''The Beyoncé Experience'' - Beyoncé * 3 November 2008: ''Glow in the Dark Tour'' - Kanye West * 27 March 2009: ''The Symphony World Tour'' -

*3 May 2009: ''Sleepless Night'' - Vitas ;2010-2016 * 8 April 2011: ''Never Ending Tour 2011'' - Bob Dylan * 2 May 2011: ''The Black Star Tour'' - Avril Lavigne * 26 July 2011: The Cranberries * 9 August 2011：Suede (band), Suede * 25 February 2012: ''Greatest Hits Tour (Westlife), Greatest Hits'' -

* 4 April 2012:''Screaming Bloody Murder Tour'' - Sum 41 * 28 May 2013: ''In a World Like This Tour'' -

* 23 June 2013: ''Dreamchaser World Tour'' -

* 20 August 2013: ''Electric Tour'' - Pet Shop Boys * 2 November 2013:'' Native Tour'' - OneRepublic * 21 September 2014: ''You and Me Tour'' - Shane Filan of

* 1 April 2015: Jason Mraz * 19 August 2015: ''Smoke + Mirrors Tour'' - Imagine Dragons * 8 October 2015: Megadeth * 27 February 2016: ''Sounds Live Feels Live World Tour'' - 5 Seconds Of Summer * 4 October 2016: Kesha

Domestic, Asian & other events

* 30 and 31 May 1997: ''ID Tour'' – Aska (singer), Aska Concert Tour 1997 * 26 and 27 November 1999: ''Asian Tour No Doubt'' – Chage & Aska Asian Tour 1999 * 22 April 2007: ''Tour of Secret'' – Ayumi Hamasaki Asia Tour 2007 * 17 November 2007: ''Alive in live'' – Chage & Aska Asian Tour 2007 * 22 November 2008: ''Super Show, 1st Asia Tour: Super Show'' – Super Junior, in front of 11,000 people * 11 and 12 July 2009: Namie Amuro Best Fiction tour 2008–2009, BEST FICTION TOUR 2008–2009 – Namie Amuro * 6 and 7 March 2010: ''Super Show 2, 2nd Asia Tour: Super Show 2'' – Super Junior, in front of 22,000 people. *7 November 2010: JYJ The Beginning Showcase World Tour (2010)-JYJ * 17 April 2010: ''1st Asia Tour: Into the New World (concert), Into The New World'' – Girls' Generation, in front of 7,000 people * 30 October 2011: X Japan * 14 March 2012: ''Charm School (Roxette album), Charm School World Tour'' – Roxette * 30 April 2012: ''Grand Tour: The Return, 2012 Shinhwa Grand Tour in Shanghai: The Return'' - Shinhwa * 11 April 2014: ''AON: All Or Nothing World Tour 2014'' - 2NE1 * 17 January 2015: Worldwide Inner Circle Conference: WWIC 2015 - Winner (band), WINNER * 30 May 2015: Pink Paradise - Apink * 7 October 2015: ''Zhang Yixing 2nd Birthday Concert'' - Lay (entertainer), Lay * 25 October 2015:''SHINee Concert: "SHINee World IV 2015" - SHINee * February 2016: Dota 2 Asia Championships * 2 April 2017: X NINE Shanghai Live Concert

Transportation

Shanghai Indoor Stadium can be reached by taking Shanghai Metro Shanghai Metro Line 1, Line 1 or Shanghai Metro Line 4, Line 4 to the Shanghai Indoor Stadium (Shanghai Metro), Shanghai Indoor Stadium station. The Caoxi Road Public Transport Hub as well as Caoxi Road Station, part of Shanghai Metro Line 3, Metro Line 3, is located just to the south of it.

References

External links

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