Beijing's Olympic venues unused?
- By Wang Mengru
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E-mail China.org.cn, September 4, 2012
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National Stadium |
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National Stadium |
The National Stadium, often referred to as the Bird's Nest, has held more than 60 large-scale events, and attracted nearly 20 million tourists by the end of July 2012, according to the manager of the National Stadium.
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National Aquatics Centre |
The Beijing National Aquatics Centre, also known as the Water Cube, has held 47 sports events and 422 entertainment events, and attracted 2.19 million people by the end of June 2012, the National Aquatics Centre official Yang Qiyong said.
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MasterCard Center |
MasterCard Center (formerly Wukesong Arena) attracted more than 600, 000 people in 2011. "We have been slightly profitable," said Guo Jinjiao, the manger of MasterCard center.
The government data of Chaoyang District showed that Olympic venues brought in 2.24 billion in revenue in the first half of 2011, up 19.5 percent compared to the same period of 2010. And Olympic venues held 472 events in the first half year of 2011, which is more than 5 times over the same period in 2010.
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