Ling Long Tower
As the highest building in the Olympic Village, the multi-functional Broadcasting Tower serves as the hub for international broadcasting.
It is about 132 meters high, made up of 7 pyramids structure, large part of its surface is glass, the whole tower looks very exquisite and ingeniously, so in Chinese, it is also named as “Ling Long Tower”.
This building was hand over into operation since July 1st of 2008.
Weightlifting – B.U.A.A.
The full name of B.U.A.A. is Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, visit the official website on this venue.
Volleyball – B.I.T. Gymnasium
The full name of B.I.T. is Beijing Institute of Technology. This is not a very good model, not very same with the photo, but I just take it as a location holder. You can check the official webpage for this building and more information.
Beach Volleyball – Chaoyang Park
Here is the the beach volleyball venue at Chaoyang Park. You can have a detail photo introduction here.
Football – Worker’s stadium
This building was built in 1959, one of the top 10 buildings during that time.
Volleyball – National indoor Stadium
This is an old building, just renovated for the game.
National Stadium (bird nest)
Venue: National Stadium;
Location: Olympic Green;
Total land surface: 258,000 sq m;
Permanent Seats: 80,000;
Temporary Seats: 11,000;
Competitions: Athletics, Football;
Post-Games use: The Stadium is to stage sports events at national and international levels, as well as cultural and entertaining activities;
Designer: Herzog & DeMeuron (Swiss) and China Architecture Design Institute;
Here I found a panaroma view of the Opening Ceremony in the night of Oct.8th, 2008, and better turn it into full screen view.
Center Gymnasium & Yingdong Natatorium
Venue: Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
Location: Olympic Sports Center
Type: Renovated
Olympic competitions: Handball
Paralympic competitions: None
Floor area (sq m): 47410 sq m
Permanent seats: 5000
Temporary seats: 2000
