Beijing National Stadium
| 国家体育场·鸟巢 | |
Bird's Nest | |
Exterior view of the stadium | |
| Full name | National Stadium |
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| Location | 1 National Stadium South Road, Beijing, China |
| Public transit | 8 15 Olympic Park 8 Olympic Sports Center |
| Executive suites | 140 |
| Capacity | 80,000 (91,000 with temporary seats) |
| Record attendance | 89,102 (Nigeria–Argentina Olympic football match, 23 August 2008) |
| Surface | Grass, All-weather running track |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 24 December 2003 |
| Built | 2003–2008 |
| Opened | 28 June 2008 |
| Construction cost | CN¥2.3 billion |
| Architect | Herzog & de Meuron ArupSport China Architectural Design & Research Group Ai Weiwei (Artistic consultant) |
| Structural engineer | Arup |
| Tenants | |
| China national football team (selected matches) China women's national football team (selected matches) China national basketball team (2009–2010) | |
| Website | |
| n-s.cn | |
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| Simplified Chinese | 北京国家体育场 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 北京國家體育場 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 鸟巢 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鳥巢 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Bird's Nest | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The National Stadium (国家体育场), a.k.a. the Bird's Nest (鸟巢), is a stadium at Olympic Green in Chaoyang, Beijing, China. The National Stadium, covering an area of 204,000 square meters with an 80,000 person capacity (91,000 with temporary seating), broke ground in December 2003, officially started construction in March 2004, and was completed in June 2008.
The National Stadium is owned and operated by a partnership company between Beijing Municipal State-owned Assets Management Co Ltd (58%) and CITIC Group (42%).
The stadium was designed for the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. It was also used during the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.