Temporary sports venue in Beijing, China
Olympic Green Hockey Field during the 2008 Summer Olympics The Olympic Green Hockey Field (simplified Chinese : 北京奥林匹克公园曲棍球场 ; traditional Chinese : 北京奧林匹克公園曲棍球場 ; pinyin : Běijīng Àolínpǐkè Gōngyuán Qūgùnqiú Chǎng ) was one of nine temporary venues used for the 2008 Summer Olympics . It hosted the field hockey competitions during the Olympics and the football-5-a-side and 7-a-side events during the 2008 Summer Paralympics .
It covered an area of 11.87 hectares with 2 pitches and could seat 17,002 fans. It became the home of China men's and women's national field hockey teams.
It was torn down to make room for the Beijing National Speed Skating Oval .
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New venues Existing venues Temporary venues Venues outside Beijing
20th century 1908 : White City Stadium 1920 : Olympisch Stadion 1928 : Old Stadion 1932 : Olympic Stadium 1936 : Hockey Stadion (final), Hockey Stadion #2 1948 : Empire Stadium (medal matches), Guinness Sports Club , Lyons' Sports Club , Polytechnic Sports Ground 1952 : Velodrome 1956 : Eastern Sportsground , Melbourne Cricket Ground (final) 1960 : Campo Tre Fontane , Olympic Velodrome (final), Stadio dei Marmi 1964 : Komazawa Hockey Field 1968 : Municipal Stadium 1972 : Hockeyanlage 1976 : Molson Stadium, McGill University 1980 : Dynamo Central Stadium, Minor Arena ; Young Pioneers Stadium (final) 1984 : Weingart Stadium 1988 : Seongnam Stadium 1992 : Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa 1996 : Clark Atlanta University Stadium , Morris Brown College Stadium (final) 21st century
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