people all over the world want to be
entertained
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there's one nation that's putting their
money where their mouth is
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this is china's mega stadiums china is
in the throes of a multi-billion dollar
splurge on new football stadiums ramping
up ambitions to be a super power in the
sport and host a world cup as early as
2030
there were around 3.5 million sport
venues in china as of december 2019
still relatively small compared to the
country's population
the first city in the world to host both
the summer and winter olympic games in
2008 and 2022
beijing for the first time in olympic
history
where all venues were powered by
renewable energy so is it only beijing
that has state of the art sports
stadiums china is full of stunning
state-of-the-art sports stadiums and
today we will tour the biggest iconic
landmark stadiums in china
they are the showcase venues of each
city and discuss the fate of the most
expensive and biggest stadium in the
world the evergrande guangzhou football
stadium to have accosted almost 1.7
billion us dollars rivaling north
korea's with the capacity of 150 000
seats
let's start with a mega multipurpose
stadium closer to home and that's
chongqing
hey it's alex and welcome back to
reportify media that's right this is
china's mega stadiums now this is a
monster okay where i come from the
stadiums in my province in canada we
think it's big at 25 000 but if you're a
football fan a soccer fan if you like
rock concerts this is the place to be in
chongqing built in 2004 invited mariah
carey on one of her famous tours in 2014
and this is the home of chinese football
association super league it's the
chongqing leaf and fc stands for
football club for all you guys that
don't know and it is a beauty now there
are other stadiums we're going to see
today we're going to be flying all over
china there is one huge stadium the
guangdong olympic stadium that fits
ready 80 000 people unfortunately we're
in a pandemic but that doesn't matter
we're going to show you some great
aerials these stadiums they're built for
a reason you guys are going to get an
exclusive look come join me this is
reportify media here are the biggest
most expensive glitzy and innovative
stadiums in china that are not only
beautifully conceived and
architecturally impressive but fan
focused socially sustainable and high
tech
most stadiums provide extensive public
green areas swimming facilities indoor
arenas multi-use stadiums often with
surrounding sports facilities like a
large size training pitch for football
and a large set of tennis basketball
volleyball courts and other open air
sports facilities
and there are more venues that are
currently under construction in cities
and towns across the country
some say they will never get used so why
build more
well as of february 2022
china's national development and reform
commission the ndrc the country's top
economic planner will invest
331 million dollars to build an
additional
185 sport venues including sport parks
national fitness centers and public
facilities for outdoor sports in a bid
to provide better infrastructure and
services to boost
national fitness
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so
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let's go back to construction of the
world's most expensive and extravagant
football stadium estimated at 1.7
billion us dollars with seating capacity
for over 100 000 people when completed
it will be the biggest stadium in china
capable of hosting world class games
the construction of the lotus shape
football stadium which has had many
designs began in april 2020 and shortly
halted in august of 2021 the stadium was
seized by the chinese government with
plans to sell the incomplete stadium to
another company or transfer ownership to
a state-owned construction investment
group
upon completion it will be an iconic
landmark design as a lotus flower
inspired by the endemic flower of the
guangzhou's reputation as flower city
we've included a few concept designs of
the stadium
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this is china and this is china's mega
stadiums
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