The Shanghai Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium

Multi-purpose stadium

Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...

 in Shanghai

Shanghai

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, China

People's Republic of China

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. It is currently used mostly for football

Football (soccer)

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 matches.

The stadium was built in 1997 when the 8th National Games of the People's Republic of China

National Games of the People's Republic of China

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 was held in Shanghai. It can hold about 80,000 people, so it is also called the "80,000 people's Stadium"(八万人体育场). It is one of the thirty largest football stadiums in the world, and is the third largest stadium in China

China

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 after the Guangdong Olympic Stadium

Guangdong Olympic Stadium

The Guangdong Olympic Stadium, also known as the Aoti Main Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. Currently used mostly for football matches, the stadium was built in 2001...

 and the Beijing National Stadium

Beijing National Stadium

Beijing National Stadium, also known officially as the National Stadium, or colloquially as the Bird's Nest , is a stadium in Beijing, China. The stadium was designed for use throughout the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.-History:...

. It was used for football

Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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 preliminaries at the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

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. Shanghai Stadium was also the venue for the Opening Ceremony of the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games

2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games

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Name

Shanghai Stadium is close to Shanghai Indoor Stadium

Shanghai Indoor Stadium

Shanghai Indoor Stadium is a multi-purpose gymnasium, in Shanghai, China.Hailed as a great feat of engineering at the time of its construction, the building is now considered dated and out-classed, by newly constructed sporting facilities nearby. It is now used mostly for entertainment events,...

. Since the names of the two buildings differ by only a word in both Chinese and in English, many people have confused the two. This has been made worse by the opening of Shanghai Metro Line 4

Shanghai Metro Line 4

Line 4 on the Shanghai Metro network is a loop line in the city of Shanghai. It follows the Inner Ring Road for most of the route, extending into Pudong across the Huangpu River...

, in which the two are situated at adjacent stops.

Accommodation

The Regal Shanghai East Asia Hotel

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 is located within the stadium.

Transportation

To reach Shanghai Stadium, take Shanghai Metro Line 4

Shanghai Metro Line 4

Line 4 on the Shanghai Metro network is a loop line in the city of Shanghai. It follows the Inner Ring Road for most of the route, extending into Pudong across the Huangpu River...

 to the Shanghai Stadium station

Shanghai Stadium (Shanghai Metro)

Shanghai Stadium is the name of a station on Shanghai Metro Line 4.-Name:The name of the station 上海体育场 refers to nearby Shanghai Stadium. As the adjacent Line 1/Line 4 transfer station used to use this English name, that station is now translated as Shanghai Indoor Stadium...

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In popular culture

The stadium and Shanghai's skyline are used in the opening credits of the sport section
on Euronews

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