http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/13/xin_04070213074280826771.jpg
aerial view of the newly built Nanjing Olympic center stadium
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/13/xin_05070213074201189112.jpg
natatorium
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/13/xin_05070213074221348003.jpg
This image shows an aerial view of the nataorium of Nanjing Olympic center.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/13/xin_050702130742385141704.jpg
The tennis center
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/13/xin_050702130742541199595.jpg
over view

photos by Chinadaily.com.cn

I don't like the red color

I don't like the red color. Silver color is OK for me.

Wow it looks great. I really like the design.

Nanjing isn't hosting/hosted an Olympic Games, so whats with the name?

A little bit lame, if you ask me.

Telstra with red thingies

It screams: “Communism Rocks!”

The design itself isn’t bad, but the red color is hideous.

Telstra with red thingies
Certainly does look a lot like that.

Greatly designed stadiums and all other centres in the olympic park. :eek:

capacity?

Nanjing isn't hosting/hosted an Olympic Games, so whats with the name?

A little bit lame, if you ask me.

Same goes to Seville and Istanbul's Olympic stadiums :|

The red things are ugly

Nanjing isn't hosting/hosted an Olympic Games, so whats with the name?

A little bit lame, if you ask me.

Many large cities have "Olympic" facilities, many of these cities have not hosted the Olympics. The facilities are used for training, events, and to incite athleticism throughout the city. You seem a bit lame to me. :bash:

Many large cities have "Olympic" facilities, many of these cities have not hosted the Olympics. The facilities are used for training, events, and to incite athleticism throughout the city. You seem a bit lame to me. :bash:

Isn't it also due to some of these cities having had bids in on the olympics? I think that the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul (or miles outside) was build to support a Turkish bid.

I kind of like the big red arches. They're very monumental and sticks out like a sore thumb, an not totally unesthetic sore thumb. It does look a bit like Telstra underneath though.

Looks very impressive but I'm really not liking that red.

I gotta say that the red is different. No other stadium that I know has such a vibrant colour and I think that it gives it it's own personality in a way.

Is it real?
It looks more like a rendering to me!

It was just finished and the official opening day on Tuesday, July 12, 2005.

Source:http://english.sina.com/p/1/2005/0713/38261.html

It was just finished and the official opening day on Tuesday, July 12, 2005.

Source:http://english.sina.com/p/1/2005/0713/38261.html
Thanks. I am not sure if I like it or not. As other people have said the red colour is a bit too much (a bit tacky). I think in this case less would be more.

I think the problem is that the red looks like an afterthought. If they had say clad the whole stadium under the arches as red i think it would have been more convincing.

Telstra with red thingies

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/13/xin_04070213074280826771.jpg


Telstra Stadium,Sydney
http://www.airviewonline.com.au/photos/0409/1407/0409-1407-57.jpg

yep...very similar
In fact,both we designed by HOK Sport,hence the comparisons.

I don't like the red color. Silver color is OK for me.

Mmmm...note sure the Red is the right colour. Even a silvery blue colour would have been okay, or black. The Red doesn't fit with the rest of the stadium. Nice facilities there though ;)

I actually like the red. It's distinctive and I think it goes well. It's not the typical and boring all silver/glass stadium.

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Maybe a lot of people don't know where Nanjing is. It's about 300km north to shanghai. In Chinese, Nanjing means "South Capital"(Beijing means North Capital), so you can imagine it is a very important city in Chinese long history.

The capacity of the stadium is 60,000.

http://kongzi.dzwww.com/jscg/rzcg/200709/W020070910599888913725.jpg

http://kongzi.dzwww.com/jscg/rzcg/200709/W020070910599888910043.jpg

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Nanjing was recently awarded the rights to host the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games and the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Stadium will be the main venue.