The National Stadium, a.k.a. the Bird's Nest, is a stadium at Olympic Green in Chaoyang, Beijing, China. The National Stadium, covering an area of 204,000 square meters with 91,000 capacity, broke ground in December 2003, officially started construction in March 2004, and was completed in June 2008.
Location: 1 National Stadium South Road, Beijing, China
Capacity: 80,000 (91,000 with temporary seats)
Built: 2003–2008
Opened: 28 June 2008
Architect: Herzog & de Meuron · ArupSport · China Architectural Design & Research Group · Ai Weiwei
Full name: National Stadium
Public transit: 8 15 Olympic Park · 8 Olympic Sports Center
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