Chengdu Sports Centre

Chengdu Sports Centre

Chengdu Sports Centre Stadium (Simplified Chinese: 成都市体育中心) or Sichuan Provincial Sports Centre (Simplified Chinese: 四川省体育中心)[1] is a multi-use stadium in Chengdu, China which is currently used mostly for football matches.

The stadium holds 39,225, opened on 28 December 1991[2] and it was the home of the Chengdu Blades, a football club in China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football pyramid.

It was one of the venues for the group stages of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. It hosted six games in total.

The stadium has also held concerts. Past events include Canadian singer Avril Lavigne's Best Damn Tour on September 30, 2008, marking the first time an occidental artist performed at the stadium, and also K-pop boy group Big Bang's MADE 2015 World Tour on August 14, 2015 in front of 30,000 fans.[3] Mariah Carey played The Elusive Chanteuse Show Tour at October 12, 2014.

Coordinates: 30°39′57.18″N 104°3′56.01″E / 30.6658833°N 104.0655583°E / 30.6658833; 104.0655583

Footnotes

Preceded by
Thong Nhat Stadium
Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Final Venue

2010
Succeeded by
Thong Nhat Stadium
Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City


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