Capital Indoor Stadium
{{Short description|Arena in Beijing}}
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| image = Capital Indoor Stadium (20220206170359).jpg
| caption = The arena during the 2022 Winter Olympics
| coordinates = {{coord|39|56|19.70|N|116|19|16.20|E|display=inline,title|region:CN-11_type:landmark_source:dewiki}}
| publictransit = {{rail-interchange|beijing|subway}}{{stn|National Library}}
| opened = {{Start date and age|df=y|1968}}
| renovated = 2001, 2007, 2021
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| seating_capacity = 17,345
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The Capital Indoor Stadium ({{zh|s=首都体育馆|t=首都體育館|p=Shǒudū Tǐyùguǎn}}) is an indoor arena in 56 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, China that was built in 1968. It hosted matches between national table tennis teams of China and the United States in 1971; these matches were part of the exchange program known as ping pong diplomacy.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,902878-1,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127090049/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,902878-1,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 27, 2010|access-date=2010-05-15|title=The Ping Heard Round the World|date=1971-04-26|magazine=Time}}
History
It has a capacity of 17,345 and a floor space of 54,707 square meters expanded from the old 53,000. It was renovated for the first time between 2000 and 2001 to become a venue for the 2001 Summer Universiade.
The stadium hosted one of the first NBA games in China, hosted on October 17, 2004, in front of a sellout capacity of 17,903.[http://www.nba.com/europelive2008/facts.html NBA’S INTERNATIONAL GAMES FACT SHEET] It also hosted the first-ever professional football game featuring all-stars from the Arena Football League to help promote the new AFL China league (now known as the China Arena Football League.[http://caflfootball.com/video/exhibition/ AFL All-Star Game], CAFL website
Capital Indoor Stadium underwent a new renovation and expansion that was completed in late 2007 for the 2008 Summer Olympics, where it hosted volleyball tournaments.{{Cite web |url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/venues/cas/index.shtml |title=Beijing2008.cn profile |access-date=2010-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080810035702/http://en.beijing2008.cn/venues/cas/index.shtml |archive-date=2008-08-10 |url-status=dead }}
The venue is also used for figure skating and short track speed skating, and was used for these competitions during the 2022 Winter Olympics.
See also
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Category:Venues of the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Venues of the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:Indoor arenas in China
Category:Sports venues in Beijing
Category:Volleyball venues in China
Category:Olympic volleyball venues
Category:Olympic short-track speed skating venues
Category:Olympic figure skating venues
Category:1968 establishments in China
Category:Venues of the 1990 Asian Games
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