The picture shows the opening ceremony of the 7th World Military Games (data map) Courtesy of Wuhan Sports Center
Wuhan, 24 Oct (China News Network) -- Two years ago, the opening and closing ceremonies of the Seventh World Military Games were held at the Wuhan Sports Center, which amazed the world and proclaimed China's proposition for peaceful development. Nowadays, on the basis of traditional projects such as better and stronger health running and ball games, we will develop fashion trend sports such as ice hockey, fencing, and rock climbing, and effectively release and share the dividends of the stadiums in the post-military era.
The picture shows the night view of Wuhan Sports Center Provided by Wuhan Sports Center
Located in wuhan economic and technological development zone, the Wuhan Sports Center consists of "one stadium, two halls, one park and one center", namely a stadium, a gymnasium, a swimming pool, a Wuhan International Sports Culture and Leisure Park and a main media center, with a total land area of 1500 mu. During the 7th World Military Games, the Wuhan Sports Center renovated and upgraded the "one, two halls" and built a new main media center.
The picture shows the Wuhan Sports Center The picture is provided by the Wuhan Sports Center
Among them, the stadium covers an area of 440,000 square meters, with a total construction area of 93,000 square meters, built in 2002 to host the Women's World Cup, and has hosted a series of wonderful international events such as the Sixth National City Games, the Women's World Cup, and the Asian Athletics Championships. In order to meet the functional needs of the opening ceremony of the 2019 Military Games, the stadium was transformed as a whole, and can accommodate 53,000 seats after the renovation.
The picture shows the courtesy area of the main stadium of the Wuhan Sports Center
The main media center is a modern and multi-functional media center, and the first main media center in China that can survive after the game. The total land area of the project is 28.9 mu, the total construction area is 43,900 square meters, the building height is 21 meters, and it is designed according to the design of 2 underground floors and 4 floors above ground. During the Wuhan Military Games, the 1-2 floors on the ground are the main news center, and the 3-4 floors are the international radio and television center, which meets the requirements of news release and television broadcasting of all types of international comprehensive events.
The picture shows the internal scene of the main media center of the Wuhan Military Games (data map) Courtesy of the Wuhan Sports Center
The reporter saw in the main media center of the Wuhan Military Games on the 24th that the former first floor news release site has been transformed into an indoor ice sports center with an area of 1800 square meters, which is the largest and best standardized ice rink in central China, integrating professional team training, youth training, and national fitness, which can meet the needs of ice hockey, figure skating, short track speed skating and other projects. Previously, the media restaurant area on the second floor has been transformed into a fencing hall with 20 kendos, which is the best fencing hall in central China, which can carry out fencing national fitness sports, attracting players from Beijing, Jilin and other places to come to exchange.
The picture shows the main media center of the Wuhan Military Games, and the picture provided by the Wuhan Sports Center
"The post-game utilization of venues for large-scale comprehensive events has always been a worldwide problem." The relevant person in charge of the Wuhan Sports Center introduced on the 24th that as early as the construction and transformation of the venue, the center took the initiative to plan the post-game utilization of the venue on the basis of meeting the opening and closing ceremonies and event functions of the Military Games, in accordance with the principle of meeting the functional needs of the event and benefiting the use of the venue after the game. After the Wuhan Military Games, the center took the initiative to integrate into the overall situation of regional development, and made every effort to build a modern large-scale sports strong area platform for the integration and development of multiple formats such as national fitness, competitive sports, cultural activities, tourism and leisure, commercial services, conferences and exhibitions.
The picture shows the main media center of the Wuhan Military Games transformed into a standard ice rink Provided by the Wuhan Sports Center
For example, the main media center that once gathered media from all over the world, in accordance with the principle of promoting the widespread development of national fitness and driving more people to participate in ice and snow sports, on the basis of planning and designing its media functions, the project team went to many places in China to study ice hockey, curling and other ice sports, and decided to build it into a standard ice rink after the game, and the venue and its supporting facilities were also built in accordance with the standard ice rink. During the game, the temporary arrangement of equipment and facilities to meet the needs of media functions, after the game only need to move the temporary facilities out, the sports process part of the venue for partial decoration arrangement, and the configuration of related ice equipment and equipment can meet the functional needs of ice hockey, figure skating and other ice national fitness projects. If there are large-scale events held here, only the physical protection of the ice surface is required to meet the needs of news and media functions.
The picture shows the fencing hall on the second floor of the main media center of the Wuhan Military Games
In order to meet the needs of the air performance at the opening ceremony of the Military Games, Wuhan Stadium temporarily built a 68-meter-high Wei ya tower at its north and south ends in accordance with the requirements of the director team, and its total use of special steel reached 2600 tons. After the game, the Wuhan Sports Center combined with the architectural shape of The Tower, demolished the steel of the Tower with a height of more than 32 meters, and on the one hand, carried out local transformation at the same time, and built it into the largest outdoor physical climbing base in Asia with 6 speed lanes and 3 difficult lanes, and built a national climbing reserve talent training base. On the other hand, it makes full use of the dismantled temporary construction of Viata steel, and uses it as a roof structure for wind and rain basketball courts, tennis courts and supporting service facilities, which can be used to dismantle about 1800 tons of steel, with a comprehensive utilization rate of 70%.
At the same time, the Wuhan Sports Center also retains the elements of the Military Games to the greatest extent, and on the basis of actively building a cultural heritage pavilion with military sports heritage background, the main stadium protocol area is transformed into the "China Chegu International Sports and Cultural Exchange Center" (preparing), and built into an international conference and exchange service complex integrating international conference affairs, entrepreneur salons, and high-end talent summits to serve regional economic and social development; the main torch tower that once lit the flame, the gas facilities have been demolished. The steel structure of the torch tower has been partially reinforced, and the lighting of the tower body has been restored, so that the public can still recall the wonderful, extraordinary and outstanding military sports event when they are in sports and leisure.
The picture shows the new Wuhan Stadium climbing base provided by the Wuhan Sports Center
It is reported that the Wuhan Sports Center has undergone a butterfly change of the venue group, in addition to attracting many people to come to sports and leisure, but also become an important gathering place for national fitness, large-scale cultural and sports events, conferences and exhibitions. In the past two years, it has successfully held activities such as the 2020 Yao Foundation Charity Competition, the 2020 National Flower Tour Championship, the Annual Finals of "The Voice of China", and the 2021 Diving Olympic World Cup Selection Competition, which has greatly enhanced the influence and reputation of "China Car Valley", boosted the recovery of the local modern service industry economy, and fully demonstrated the new look of Wuhan's post-epidemic revitalization. (End)
Source: China News Network