Xiamen Sports Center

Xiamen Sports Center

Xiamen Sports Center, built in 1983, is located in the east section of Hubin North Road, covering an area of about 21 hectares. Over the years, with the strong support and concern of the municipal Party committee, the municipal government, the Municipal Sports Committee and all walks of life, it has been continuously developed and improved, and now it has begun to take shape.

Introduction to the center

Xiamen Sports Center was built in 1983, located in the east section of Hubin North Road, covering an area of 21 hectares. Over the years, with the strong support and concern of the municipal Party committee, the municipal government, the Municipal Sports Committee and all walks of life, it has been continuously developed and improved, and has begun to take shape. The whole center is back to the mountain and facing the lake. It has the characteristics of a sports park with beautiful environment, shady trees, fragrant flowers, sculptures and architectural sketches.

Existing venues

The central stadium covers an area of 5 hectares, with 30000 spectator seats in the standard track and field field, standard lighting football field, electric timing and scoring large electronic display screen and other supporting facilities. The badminton training hall covers an area of 3700 square meters, with 24 training venues and corresponding service facilities. It is currently the largest badminton training hall in China. Xiamen wangwenjiao badminton training center is located in the hall.

The basketball and volleyball training hall covers an area of 3100 square meters. There are two basketball and volleyball training grounds in the hall. There are 1500 auditorium activity stands, hydraulic electric basketball stands and electronic display scoreboards. In addition, there are 500 square meters of fitness, table tennis and other activity places on the second floor.

Tennis court: covering an area of 4500 square meters, it is composed of salon tennis court and central tennis court. There are five venues meeting the requirements of international competitions, with a rest room of 1200 square meters and a stand with 400 spectators on the second floor. The tennis management center of Xiamen Sports Center, established in 1998, now has seven outdoor tennis courts and two indoor tennis courts, with first-class equipment in the city. It not only meets the needs of tennis lovers, but also undertakes all kinds of tennis competitions.

Table tennis training hall covers an area of 578 square meters, with 20 table tennis tables for training and competition.

Golf driving range - built in cooperation with foreign capital, covering an area of 30000 square meters, with a total of 80 tee ways and supporting leisure facilities.

Recently, the sports center has built six outdoor basketball courts to provide sports venues for national fitness.

Central application

Xiamen Sports Center can not only meet all kinds of domestic sports competitions, but also undertake international competitions. It not only becomes a training base for training high-level athletes in China, but also provides training and competition venues for people from all walks of life and sports lovers. Over the years, Xiamen Sports Center has held more than ten major sports competitions at home and abroad, and has received group visits and competitions of badminton, basketball, volleyball, football, martial arts and other events from more than ten countries and regions, such as the United States, Japan, Singapore, etc., which has become an important window for the cultural and sports exchanges between Xiamen Special Economic Zone and foreign countries.

Theatrical performances

On August 11, 2013, Mayday "Mayday 2013 Noah Ark reborn Tomorrow World Tour" Xiamen station

On May 17, 2014, Sun Yanzi's "2014 Kepler World Tour Concert" Xiamen station was held

On December 16, 2017, Wang Feng's 2017 "years" tour concert Xiamen station

On April 20, 2019, Lin Junjie's "sanctuary 2.0" world tour in 2019

November 23-24, 2019, Jay Chou's 2019 Carnival Tour Concert - Xiamen station

Celebrity visits

Not long ago, Xiamen Sports Center welcomed a group of special guests: the old leaders of the former National Sports Commission. They are Li Menghua, honorary president of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and former director of the State Sports Commission; Liu Ji, former deputy director of the State Sports Commission; Zhang Caizhen, former deputy director of the State Sports Commission and chairman of the China Federation of veteran sports; Lou Dapeng, former chairman of the China Track and field association and vice chairman of the international track and field Federation.

After visiting the Xiamen Sports Center, the old leaders of the State Sports Commission praised the sports facilities and the national fitness atmosphere in Xiamen. Li Menghua also happily wrote an inscription for Xiamen Sports Center.

The old leaders of the State Sports Commission came to the transformed Xiamen Sports Center, visited the basketball and Volleyball Hall, badminton hall, tennis hall, track and field field, outdoor football field, basketball court and other facilities of the sports center, and took a group photo in front of the bronze statue of Coubertin in in front of the stadium. When the old leaders learned that the transformation of Xiamen Sports Center was completed with the investment of sports lottery funds, they were very pleased. After listening to the work report of Xiamen Sports Bureau, Li Menghua affirmed the development ideas of Xiamen Sports. He said that the sports facilities in Xiamen are beautiful and modern, and the national fitness atmosphere in Xiamen excited him. When they learned that there were 25000 people participating in the Xiamen marathon, the old leaders of the State Sports Commission were very surprised. They thought that the Xiamen Marathon had only been held for five times, and it reached such a scale, which showed that the Xiamen people love sports. Li Menghua said that Xiamen sports should do a good job. When he comes back later, he hopes to see Xiamen sports develop again. Li Menghua was also invited to write an inscription for Xiamen Sports Center, writing "developing national fitness and building a harmonious Xiamen" to express his blessing to the people of Xiamen. Liu Ji, former deputy director of the State Sports Commission, said that he had been to Xiamen in the 1990s. At that time, in Wanshi botanical garden, he had a very opportunistic conversation with an old man climbing in the rain. At that time, there were many old people exercising in the rain, which is still fresh in his memory. Liu Ji said that the sports facilities in Xiamen are better than we expected. He also saw Xiamen people's love for sports here. He believed that Xiamen Sports Association would develop better.

Celebrity statue

Pierre de Coubertin statue settled in Xiamen Sports Center

The bronze statue of "father of the Olympic Games - Coubertin", which was returned to Xiamen by the International Olympic Committee, has been placed in the flower bed at the west gate of the Sports Center Stadium. He Zhenliang and Wu Jingguo, members of the International Olympic Committee, attended the opening ceremony of the sculpture at 9 am on March 18, 2007.

As for the location of the bronze statue of Coubertin, our city had a special discussion at the Marathon Organizing Committee meeting. As the most important place for citizens to keep fit, the sports center was finally determined as the location of the statue. Coubertin's head sculpture, 155 cm high and 130 cm wide, is a masterpiece created by two famous Chinese artists, Wang Shaojun and Wu Guojun. It won the first prize of China Sports Art Exhibition in Beijing and has been collected in the Museum of the International Olympic Committee since 1995. Through the image of "the father of the Olympics -- Pierre de Coubertin", this sculpture symbolizes the close relationship between the Olympic movement and China, especially Xiamen city.

Allusions to statues

There is a story about the statue of Coubertin settled in Xiamen. On March 25, 2005, the "never-ending" marathon group sculpture composed of 99 sculptures appeared on Xiamen Island Road, which is known as "the most beautiful coastal track in the world". Mr. Wu Jingguo, member of the International Olympic Committee, praised the sculpture and brought it to Lausanne, Switzerland. After careful study, the International Olympic Committee decided to select two pieces for collection, and the president Mr. Rogge personally selected two of them, which were recast and sent to the International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, as the collection of the Olympic Museum. On April 25, 2006, the donation ceremony was held at 2:00 p.m. Swiss time at the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee. Mr. Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee, spoke highly of the artistic value of the two Xiamen marathon sculptures. In his speech at the donation ceremony, Rogge announced that the IOC would also present a sculpture to Xiamen to express its gratitude for Xiamen's hospitality and good wishes to Xiamen and China. After research, the International Olympic Committee decided to present a statue of Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic movement.

Born in France, Pierre de Coubertin was president of the International Olympic Committee from 1896 to 1925. He advocated the Olympic spirit all his life and was known as "the father of modern Olympics". He once published his famous poem "Ode to sports". In 1913, it designed the emblem and flag for the International Olympic Committee.

Address: No.2, TIYU Road, Siming District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province

Longitude: 118.108546

Latitude: 24.486387

Tel: 0592-5399100