Shanghai Oriental Sports Center

Shanghai Oriental Sports Center
Shanghai Aquatic Sports Center
Building information
City	Shanghai, China
Coordinates	31°9′34.44″N 121°28′22.33″E / 31.1595667°N 121.4728694°E
Capacity	18,000 (indoor arena) ; 5,000 (indoor swimming pool, seated) ; 5,000 (outdoor swimming pool, seated)
Built	2008–2011
Opened	July 2011
Construction cost	yuan ¥2 billion; USD $ 313 million; EUR € 230 million
Architect(s)	Gerkan, Marg and Partners
Tenants	Shanghai Skywalkers

The Shanghai Oriental Sports Center (Chinese: 上海东方体育中心), also known as the Shanghai Aquatic Sports Center, is a sports venue next to the Expo Park in Shanghai's Pudong New Area. It started construction on December 30, 2008, and was completed in late 2010. The total investment was two billion yuan.^{[citation needed]}

The center has an indoor arena named Indoor Stadium seating 18,000, an indoor swimming pool seating 5,000, and an outdoor swimming pool also seating 5,000. The Shanghai Oriental Sports Center^[1] is close to Huangpu River and near the Oriental Sports Center station on the Shanghai Metro.

^ "Beautiful view of Shanghai Oriental Sport Center". Xinhua. 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on March 11, 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-09.

[1] "Beautiful view of Shanghai Oriental Sport Center". Xinhua. 9 March 2011. Archived from the original on March 11, 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-09.

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