Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena
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| Location |
Shanghai PR China
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| Owner | Tennis in China |
| Capacity | 15,000 |
| Construction | |
| Built | 2003 |
| Opened | October 5, 2005 |
| Construction cost |
RMB ¥ 2.4 billion USD $ 200 million ($245 million in 2016 dollars) |
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Tennis Masters Cup (tennis) (2005–2008) Shanghai Masters (tennis) (2009–present) FINA World (Swimming) (April 2006) |
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The Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena, also known as Qizhong stadium, (pronounced "chee-jong") is a tennis arena in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. The complex is located on an 80-hectare area, in the southwest of Shanghai, the Minhang District.
It has a steel retractable roof with eight sliding petal-shaped pieces (moved in 8 minutes) which resembles a blooming magnolia, Shanghai's city flower. The roof enables the stadium to host both indoor and outdoor tennis events. The seating capacity is 13,779 people. The stadium was specially created to host the ATP World Tour Finals between 2005 – 2008, and was the largest tennis venue in Asia, until the construction of the Olympic Green Tennis Centre in Beijing.
Since 2009 it has hosted the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, a ATP Masters Series tournament which began that year. It also served as one of the venues used for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers and Orlando Magic during their tour of China in 2007.
The Tennis Centre covers a total area of 338,836 square meters, of which 85,000 square meters are made up of structures. The volume rate is 0.187, the building density 15.1%, green/open space 46.1%, with parking capacity of 993 parking spaces. The facility has 25 courts, including three main courts, namely center court, grand stand court 2, and court 3.
During the ATP World Tour Finals event, there was a retail zone, with the public eating/drinking areas outside the stadium.
The stadium is located in Ma Qiao Town in southwest Shanghai, the Minhang District. The Shanghai Municipal Commission of Construction and Administration requested international bids in 2003, for building the stadium.
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