Venue: National Stadium;

   Location: Olympic Green (Beichen Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing)

   Total land surface (10,000 sq. m.): 25.8;

   Seats: 91,000;

   Functions during the Games: Athletics, Football;

   Post-Games use: The Stadium is to stage sports events at national and international levels, as well as cultural and entertaining activities;

   Groundbreaking date: Dec. 2003;

   Designer: Herzog & DeMeuron (Swiss) and China Architecture Design Institute;

   Status: Groundwork has been finished. Following work is underway.