Zhongshan Sports Center Stadium (

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: 中山体育中心体育场) is a multi-use

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Zhongshan Zhongshan (; ) is a prefecture-level city in the south of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province, China. As of the 2020 census, the whole city with 4,418,060 inhabitants is now part of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen conurbation with 65,565,622 i ...

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and was one of the six stadiums used for the

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. The stadium has a capacity of 12,000 people. The stadium are all-seaters with multi-colour seats. It also has an all-weather track and field surface. Concerts are also held there with acts from

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and from regional

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capital city. Unusual for concertgoers, is that a platform is set up in one end towards the centerline and the stage is just slightly higher than temporary seats, which are also on the platform.

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