PROJECTS
PROJECT AT A GLANCE Classification: Sports Location: Guangzhou, China Approx. Project Cost: US$1.7 billion Approx. Commencement Date: 2Q 2020 Approx. Completion Date: 4Q 2022 Artist impression.
(Source: stadiumguide.com)
GUANGZHOU EVERGRANDE STADIUM
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hina has started construction on the world’s largest purpose-built football stadium in Guangzhou, China. Developed by Chinese Evergrande real estate group, the construction of the Guangzhou Evergrande Stadium began on April 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic and is planned to open by end of year 2022. The Guangzhou Evergrande stadium will be home to one of the Chinese Football Association’s Super League teams. Located adjacent to Guangzhou South Railway Station, the new stadium will include 100,000 seats – breaking the capacity record of Camp Nou stadium in Spain, home to FC Barcelona. For the past 9 years, the Guangzhou Evergrande football team is accommodated in the Tianhe Stadium that has a capacity of 60,000 seats. Dubbed as "Lotus Flower Stadium", the lotus flower-shaped stadium is expected to cost around 12 billion yuan (US$1.7 billion) to complete, according to Evergrande Group. In designing the stadium, the team takes cues from "lotus" flower, which highlights the characteristics of Guangzhou's "flower city". The lotus flower is one of the most essential symbolic
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CREDIT LIST CLIENT: EVERGRANDE GROUP ARCHITECT: HASAN A. SYED
