It's almost 2024, and the 4-year Olympic Games are coming again,
This is reminiscent of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing 15 years ago, and the opening ceremony was magnificent and magnificent.
Even Rogge, the director of the Olympic Games, marveled at it, calling it a great architectural marvel.
In fact, as early as in the process of Beijing's Olympic bid, there have been voices of opposition in China, some people think that building a bird's nest costs people money,
Because the construction cost of previous Olympic venues alone cost billions of yuan, the annual maintenance and operation costs are also a large expense.
Often it is a situation where they cannot make ends meet, and many countries are saddled with high debts as a result.
So has the nest, which has been standing for 15 years, returned to its roots? What does the real situation look like?
First, after the glory, only chicken feathers remain
The Olympia Games began in 1896 every 4 years and have been held 33 times so far.
As more and more countries participate and the number of competitions increases, the cost of holding them continues to increase.
For example, in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, there were 329 events of all sizes, in order to provide better sports venues.
The Greek government spent nearly 16 billion to build a complete set of facilities and hotels, and even built special roads for this purpose.
This does not include the usual maintenance costs, which are exhausting for Greece.
But Greece's total population at that time was only more than 10 million, and it was embarrassing after the Olympics, and the huge venues were unattended.
Except for occasional sporting events and music festivals, the 36 main venues are largely idle.
This caused the Greek government a headache, and wanted to demolish it, but this is also a big expense, no way, Greece can only close 34 main stadiums,
At the same time, maintenance costs are reduced, so that many equipment is eventually abandoned because there is no maintenance.
Not only Greece, but almost every Olympic host country has encountered such problems, and the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea cost 800 million yuan to build a stadium.
It was demolished after only 5 uses, and the stadium was overgrown with weeds at the end of the Rio Olympics, and the loss of more than 5 billion yuan at the end of the Tokyo Olympics.
After the glory, only the ruins remained, and the former sports mecca also ended with the end of the game.
Unfortunately, there is no perfect solution to this situation.
Therefore, during the mainland's bid to host the Olympic Games, some people used this as an excuse to lead the rhythm on the Internet, believing that although the mainland has a large population, the type of sports is single.
The enthusiasm for sports is also not high, and it is difficult to make full use of the Bird's Nest venue after the games to try to prevent the construction of Olympic venues.
How should the Olympic stadium be built?
Although many people are opposed, it still cannot affect the mainland's determination to host the Olympics!
Hosting the Olympic Games is the dream of every Chinese, and being able to hold a world sports event on the doorstep is also a symbol of the mainland's international status, which means that China has the qualification to dialogue with the world on an equal footing.
Therefore, the construction plan of the Olympic stadium is the top priority, and in order to improve the architectural effect, the construction plan is immediately solicited from the world.
After layers of screening of nearly 10,000 design proposals, the construction plan of the Olympic stadium was finally determined.
Completed by the Chinese Academy of Architecture and Herzog and de Meuronway in Switzerland, the venue name: National Sports Stadium.
Because the appearance of a "bird's nest" highlights the relationship between man and nature, it is called "bird's nest" by people
The Bird's Nest covers an area of 204,000 square meters, an area equivalent to the size of 614 basketball courts, and can accommodate 90,000 people at the same time.
The entire venue is made of steel frame, which looks like a hollow from the outside, and it cost nearly 3.5 billion yuan to officially complete.
Why is a stadium so expensive?
Because the construction of the bird's nest is not just beautiful, many of the designs contain a lot of black technology,
In order to ensure that the audience is not affected by the angle when watching the game, the field of view is not supported by traditional columns.
All rely on the external mesh structure to weigh, which requires extremely high angular position of each steel, and there can be no deviation.
And because the operation space is small, it can only be built by manpower one by one, which greatly increases the time and labor costs.
Traditional construction steel can not withstand such pressure, staff can only independently develop new high-strength steel.
After more than half a year's efforts, this high-strength low-alloy steel was developed, and it was officially put into production after many tests.
This kind of steel production is difficult to produce, so the production cost is also much more expensive than ordinary steel, and for safety and stability considerations,
The thickness of the steel is also an astonishing 110 mm, which can be said to be unique.
The top structure of the nest uses a new translucent membrane, an emerging material that protects the lawn
It also keeps the audience from being dazzling, and such an ingenious design is also eye-opening.
The lawn adopts a circulating filtered water circulation system, which can maintain the water supply of the lawn all year round.
Construction began in 2003 until early 2008, with 400 people involved in the design, and only more than 100 construction plans were made.
The number of construction workers reached 400,000, and it took a lot of time and effort to build the bird's nest.
The design service life is 100 years, the seismic fortification intensity is 8 degrees, and the fire rating is 1.
Full of technology and exquisite design, people are amazed, the perfect combination of man and nature.
After the completion of the venue, the praise was well received at home and abroad, and everyone who saw the bird's nest was shocked by its unique appearance and imposing scale.
Therefore, the Bird's Nest was rated as a great architectural work of the "fourth generation gymnasium".
It can be seen that the money for the construction of the bird's nest is spent on the blade, which corresponds to the old saying: you get what you pay for!
Speaking of this, some people have to ask, with such an expensive price in front of it, when will the bird's nest return its money?
About this, we have to mention the unique operation of the bird's nest.
The operating model of the Bird's Nest
The Nest has a total of 80,000 fixed seats, and 11,000 temporary seats,
During the 2008 Olympic Games, the revenue from tickets alone was about 1 billion, excluding other expenses, and the construction cost was about 2.4 billion.
After the Olympic Games, the Bird's Nest has also become another new landmark building in Beijing.
It is not only a gymnasium, but also a witness of the brilliant achievements of the mainland, and a sports mecca in the hearts of the Chinese people.
Since then, Beijing has another place where tourists will go to check in, and the ticket for the bird's nest is basically around 40-50.
In addition, the Bird's Nest also undertakes various commercial performances and sports events, but the maintenance cost of the Bird's Nest itself is more than 80 million yuan per year.
After excluding costs, the annual profit can be said to be minimal, so it will take at least decades for the bird's nest to pay back.
However, the significance of the bird's nest is far greater than its construction value.
The value of the bird's nest
If you just use the income to measure the value that the bird's nest brings to the mainland, it is a bit of a rat's eye.
As the venue of the Olympic Games, the actual value of the bird's nest is equivalent to the Olympic Games itself.
It is also to show the world the development and prosperity of China in the new era and the new style of China, which has cross-era significance.
In order to allow the world to further hear China's voice, see China's changes, and showcase China's outstanding achievements,
To enhance China's international discourse power and international status, hosting the Olympic Games is the best way to present it.
And the mainland also wants to prove to the world that China has completed its transformation and let the world see a different China.
A thriving China, a China with 5,000 years of cultural heritage and human history!
We are not like Greece who swollen our faces and fat people, and we are trying to run the Olympics as a whole country but cannot properly dispose of the Olympic venues.
It is the determination and ability to prove to the world that Chinese people have stood up and that China in the new era has the ability to host international events.
In the future, no one will question "what is there in the light of blowing, not even an Olympic Games".
After the end of the Beijing Olympics, the bird's nest was like a business card to let the world know what China is like in the new era.
It also makes the mainland more and more important in the world, and also attracts a large number of foreign capital to settle in the mainland to build factories to drive more jobs and opportunities, which greatly stimulates the growth of the domestic economy.
The Olympic Games were held at the time of the international financial crisis, and the mainland relied on hosting the Olympic Games to attract the world's attention to China.
It has brought more international trade cooperation, so that China can calmly cope with the financial crisis.
epilogue
Taken together, the $3.4 billion spent on building the Bird's Nest is not worth mentioning the potential help of hosting the Olympics.
Moreover, the Bird's Nest as Beijing's new calling card has also led to the growth of the tourism industry, and the study shows:
The Bird's Nest alone has created as many as 500,000 direct and indirect jobs, which has greatly contributed to the development of domestic employment.
In the Beijing Olympic Games, the mainland has won 51 gold medals, ranking first in the gold medal list, and is the first Asian country in the history of the Olympic Games to reach the top of the gold medal list.
This has made countless Chinese people proud and proud, and also let the world see China's sports strength for the first time.
China also let the world know a different China because of hosting the Olympic Games, and this Olympics combines China's traditional culture with modern technology.
Let more international friends like China, so that our culture is accepted and recognized by the world.
More and more foreigners choose to study in China, more and more traditional Chinese culture goes out of Asia to face the world, and Chinese language is becoming more and more international.
With the passage of time, I believe that the status of our country will become higher and higher, and our traditional culture will be accepted and liked by more and more people.
The bird's nest has also become the building that carries the memories of generations in the hearts of the Chinese people, which is of landmark significance.
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