2008-07-17

2008 Beijing Olympics National Stadium "nest"

National Stadium bird's-eye view (results)



Venues: the National Stadium

Venue: Olympic Park

Venue type: new competition venues

The use during the Olympic Games: opening and closing ceremonies, track and field, soccer men

During the Paralympic Games for: opening and closing ceremonies, track and field

Construction area (000 M ²): 25.8

Gu Dingzuo median: 80,000

Provisional Seats: 11,000

Construction started: December 24, 2003

Plan Completion: March 2008

After functions: will be used for domestic and international sports competitions and cultural and recreational activities


National Stadium location


National Stadium Beijing Olympic Park in the south central area, in 2008 the 29th session of the main Olympic stadium. The total project covers an area of 21 hectares, the construction area of 258000 M ². At the audience seats about 91,000, of which about 11,000 temporary seats. Will hold the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games opening and closing ceremonies, track and field competitions and football finals. Beijing Olympic Games will be extensive public participation in sports and enjoy the major professional sports entertainment venues, and has become a landmark construction of sports and Olympic heritage. >> Click to view the National Stadium View

National Stadium construction project for the premium sports, the main structural design life of 100 years, fire resistance rating for an earthquake intensity of 8 degrees maximum security, underground waterproof projects grade one. The main construction works was oval-shaped space saddle, 333 meters long from north to south, 294 meters wide things, 69 meters high. The main steel structure to form an overall saddle-shaped space for the giant steel truss woven "nest" structure, the steel structure of steel for 42,000 tons of concrete stands divided into upper, middle and lower three floors, concrete structure stands for the underground floor , On the 7th floor of reinforced concrete frame - shear wall structural system. Steel and concrete completely undocked from the upper stands, even each other, form a mutual enclosure, while sitting on a foundation linked to the basis on the floor. National Stadium on the steel structure roof membrane covering the two-tier structure, that is fixed in the steel structure between the transparent box in the upper echelons of ETFE film and fixed in Xiaxian steel structure under the translucent wall and the inner ring of the lower deck of PTFE acoustic ceiling.


Night of the nest dazzling


A nest of seats


Lawn at the nest


Nest in the audience logo


"Nest" Neijing