Venues renovated to provide top-notch experience

Situated in Nanyuan Street, Linping district in Hangzhou, the 19th Asian Games' venue for football and volleyball matches is showcasing its design philosophy after an extension and renovation.

The Linping Sports Centre features a stadium, gymnasium, aquatic sports arena (media center) and training hall to form a venue cluster.

Linping is known as a silk center. In honor of this history and the concept of the Silk Road, the design of the Linping Sports Centre features a flexible curve in its appearance.

Incorporating the concepts of "green, intelligence, thrift and civilization" of the Games, it demonstrates Chinese style, Zhejiang glamour and Hangzhou elements.

On Sept 17, 2021, the Linping Sports Centre passed the comprehensive acceptance check of venue functions by the Game's organizing committee, becoming one of the first batch of venues in the province to pass it.

The renovated stadium located within the venue cluster has an area of approximately 22,050 square meters, a building area of 17,283 sq m, and a total seating capacity of 10,200 spectators. It is a small-sized class A stadium with a 400-meter standard circular track.

The renovated gymnasium covers an area of 8,383 sq m, with a building area of 16,885 sq m. The central court is 46 meters long and 28.5 meters wide, with a seating capacity of 4,200 spectators (including 900 movable seats). It will host the preliminary and final matches of the men's volleyball in the Asian Games, as well as the preliminary and final matches of karate and sitting volleyball in the Asian Para Games.

The newly built comprehensive training hall has a floor area of 9,500 sq m and is designed with four volleyball training courts across two floors.

After the Asian Games, it will be used for fitness activities and meet the training needs of youth competitive sports. The newly built underground parking lot with more than 700 parking spaces will be open to the public, alleviating parking pressure in the Linping urban area.

The Zhejiang Tangxi Goalball Base for the Blind is located at Yunxi Road, Tangxi Town, Linping district. It was designated as the venue for the goalball for the Para Games.

The base has been established for more than 10 years. In order to better meet the needs of the Games and address issues such as aging facilities, a renovation project started in April 2021 with a total construction area of approximately 16,000 sq m. On Jan 20,2022, the base passed the comprehensive acceptance inspection.

For the ongoing Asian Games and Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, the Linping competition zone will host five events, with a total of 19 gold medals; 15 for the Asian Games and four for the Para Games. The Linping Sports Centre will host four events.

The specific arrangements are as follows: The stadium is the venue of the Asian Games football preliminary matches from Sept 19 to Oct 3. The gymnasium is the venue of the Asian Games men's volleyball pre-final from Sept 19 to 26, awarding one gold medal. The second round event is the karate prefinal match from Oct 5 to 8, awarding 14 gold medals. The third event is the Para Games sitting volleyball pre-final from Oct 23 to 27, awarding two gold medals.

The Zhejiang Tangxi Goalball Base for the Blind will host the Asian Para Games blind football pre-final from Oct 23 to 27. According to the current information, there will be 13 teams (eight men's teams, five women's teams) with approximately 80 athletes, awarding two gold medals.