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. The original stadium, built in 1956, was used mostly for track and field events. Entertainer

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performed two concerts there during his ''

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'' on 4 and 6 September 1993 in front of a crowd of 80,000. The stadium was demolished and reconstructed for the

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between December 2006 and July 2009. The new stadium is able to hold 20,000 people. On 3 July 2011, the stadium recorded its highest attendance for a football game when Chinese Taipei hosted

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in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification - AFC First Round second leg match, when 15,335 spectators attended the game. In 2013, 500 people showed up at the stadium for a domestic league match between association football clubs Taipower FC and Tatung FC.http://www.frank-jasperneite.de/ The stadium is accessible from the Taipei Arena station of the

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International Matches

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