How to solve the problem of using the venue after the game? The Beijing Winter Olympics gives China a plan

The picture shows the aerial photo of "Snow Ruyi" on September 13, 2021. (Drone photo) China News Service reporter Zhai Yujia photo

Beijing, January 13 (Xinhua) -- "For large-scale sports events held around the world, the post-match utilization of venues is a worldwide problem. This Beijing Winter Olympics, from the bidding to the preparation, to the holding of the process, we will strive to solve this problem. Li Sen, director of the overall planning department of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said on the 13th.

On the same day, the New Office of the State Council held a press conference on the green winter Olympics and sustainable development of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympic Games. Li Sen made the above statement when answering reporters' questions.

Some reporters said that in the previous Winter Olympic Games, the venues after the game are not fully utilized and some energy is not renewable, there are more or less problems, how does the current Beijing Winter Olympics give a Chinese solution to this problem?

In this regard, Li Sen said that the Beijing Winter Olympics used 6 2008 Olympic venues, fully drawing on their experience in post-game utilization, all of our newly built venues have formulated post-game utilization plans, and fully consider the post-game utilization problems when planning and designing, overall planning, synchronous design, and effective cost reduction.

Li Sen summarized the "China Plan" into four aspects. First, these venues should actively apply for and hold high-level events after the game. Beijing Winter Olympics competition venues are world-class venues, in the preparation process, local sports departments, venue owners and other units have established a good coordination and communication mechanism with international winter sports organizations, after the game will continue to bid to hold high-level international events and some domestic events, really through high-level events, to drive the operation of venues, but also for the development of ice and snow sports.

The second is to be fully open to the public. In addition to competitive competitions, venues will provide services to the public sports and fitness, and all new venues have fully considered how to open to the public at the beginning of planning and design. For example, the National Speed Skating Hall "Ice Ribbon", its ice surface is 12,000 square meters of all-ice design.

"At that time, I was thinking about the full ice surface, just to consider how to open up to the society, because the avenue speed skating is mainly with the outer ring 400 meters track, the core part of the field will have two standard ice rinks, which is our innovative part, after the race can accommodate 2,000 people on the ice at the same time." For example, a relatively niche project, the National Bobsleigh Center, Yanqing National Bobsleigh Center, is the 17th track in the world, this project is more dangerous to move, so in the planning and design, we opened a Volkswagen exit in the lower 1/3, a relatively slow place, leaving a departure area for the Volkswagen, which is also to provide conditions for opening to the public after the race. ”

The third is the four-season operation of the venue. "Winter sports are more affected by seasonality, and the ice projects are better, because they are indoor ice rinks, which can be made of ice all year round, can be open to the public, hold large-scale events, cultural and leisure activities, these can be." For venues on the snow, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou can only carry out project experience and competition in winter. ”

"In view of this situation, in the planning and construction of mountain venues in mountainous areas, starting from the overall area, we have fully considered the operation of the three seasons of spring, summer and autumn, and used the humanistic history and natural ecological advantages of the competition area to establish outdoor sports projects, such as fitness running, cross-country running, mountain biking, mountain climbing, etc., and accelerated the development of regional tourism and leisure, mountain vacation, outdoor sports and other industries to achieve the four-season operation of the venue."

The fourth is to achieve the linkage development of venues and regions. The post-game use of venues, Li Sen believes that this is not to consider the operation of a venue in isolation, but to integrate into the development of the region, from the overall planning and advancement.

"For example, yanqing competition area relies on the winter Olympic area, winter Olympic venues, including the World Garden Association, the Great Wall, which is the three golden business cards of Yanqing division, which is equivalent to the linkage development of three golden business cards, with global tourism as the leading, and vigorously develop characteristic sports and cultural tourism industries." The same is true of The Zhangjiakou Division, relying on the venues, to promote Zhangjiakou to build a national, all-season, all-time, all-round Asian ice and snow tourism holiday destination and 'sports city'. ”

Li Sen revealed that the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee also actively promotes the linkage development of venues and ice and snow sports resources in the three competition areas, fully integrates with the public ice and snow facilities, sports facilities, and natural and cultural tourism resources along the Beijing-Zhangjiang line, and uses the Beijing-Zhang high-speed railway and the Beijing-Lishe Expressway to create the Beijing-Zhang sports and cultural tourism belt, drive the high-quality development of the surrounding areas, promote each other, and develop together, so as to achieve the repeated utilization, comprehensive utilization and lasting utilization of winter Olympic venues. (End)