Workers' Stadium (former)

Workers' Stadium
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	工人体育场
Traditional Chinese	工人體育場
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Gōngrén Tǐyùchǎng
Wade–Giles	Kūngrén T'ǐyǜch'ǎng
Yale Romanization	Gūngrén Tǐyùchǎng
IPA	[kʊ́ŋɻə̌n tʰìŷʈʂʰàŋ]
	The stadium in 2008
Location	Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
Coordinates	39°55′46.3″N 116°26′28.1″E / 39.929528°N 116.441139°E
Owner	All-China Federation of Trade Unions
Operator	Sinobo Group
Capacity	65,094 ;
Surface	Grass
Construction
Opened	1959
Renovated	2001, 2004, 2008, 2010–2011
Closed	August 2020
Demolished	2020
Architect	Beijing Institute of Architectural Design
Structural engineer	Beijing Construction Engineering Group
Tenants
	Beijing Guoan (1996–2005, 2009–2019); China national football team (until 2020)
Website
	www.newgongti.com

The original Workers' Stadium (simplified Chinese: 工人体育场; traditional Chinese: 工人體育場; pinyin: Gōngrén Tǐyùchǎng), often abbreviated as Gongti or Gong Ti (simplified Chinese: 工体; traditional Chinese: 工體; pinyin: Gōng Tǐ), was a multi-purpose stadium in Chaoyang District, Beijing, China. The stadium was built in 1959, and was renovated in 2004 (the concrete structure strengthened, a new rotating display screen and energy-saving devices installed). The stadium was closed for a complete rebuild in 2020 and reopened on 15 April 2023 as a new stadium built on the original site.^[2]^[3]^[4] It had a capacity of 65,094 and covered a land area of 350,000 square metres (3,800,000 sq ft). It was one of the Ten Great Buildings constructed in 1959 for the tenth anniversary of the People's Republic of China.