The National Stadium (国家体育场), a.k.a Bird's Nest (鸟巢), is a stadium at Olympic Green in Chaoyang, Beijing, China. The National Stadium, covering an area of 204,000 square meters with 91,000 capacity, broke ground in December 2003, officially started construction in March 2004, and was completed in June 2008.
Exterior view of the stadium
Image: National Stadium
Bird's nest at night
Bird's Nest in 2008
The Olympic Green is an Olympic Park in Chaoyang, Beijing, China. The three main facilities there include the National Stadium, Water Cube, and National Indoor Stadium.
Beijing National Stadium
The Olympic Green in 2017
Beijing National Aquatics Center
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