The Xiaoshan Sports Center Venue Cluster. [Photo/VCG]
Despite the 19th Asian Games only drawing to a close last Sunday, a number of the venues have already opened to the public in Hangzhou, host city of the sports activities extravaganza and capital of Zhejiang province.
A discover issued by the Xiaoshan District Culture, Tourism and Sports Development and Service Center on Monday stated that now that the Xiaoshan Sports Center Venue Cluster has hosted the soccer and weightlifting events, the Sports Center Stadium, the tennis courtroom and the Smart Asian Games Experience Space shall be opened to the basic public.
A similar notice issued earlier by Zhejiang University stated that its gymnasium at the Zijingang campus, the place a few of the Games” basketball matches have been held, can be available to students, faculty and employees members from Oct 9.
On Tuesday, residents might be seen on the Shangcheng Sports Center Stadium jogging, taking part in tennis and working out. The 14-year-old venue hosted eight soccer matches through the Games.
To put together for the Games, the stadium was upgraded, together with its lights, the field, the athletes’ lounge and news conference room, stated Yao Zhongping, an official in charge of the stadium’s services.
“The upgrading efforts have offered a extra snug environment for post-Games public health,” he stated.
“Our idea was that venue building was for the events during the Games and for town after the Games,” said Chen Weiqiang, Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee executive secretary-general.
Venues in co-host cities corresponding to Shaoxing and Jinhua have also reopened to the general public, a few of which shall be endowed with even more capabilities.
The Shaoxing Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Center might be was a global rock-climbing theme park capable of host top-level competitions, training, analysis journeys and leisure tourism, according to Chen Yuefang, spokesperson for the middle.
A complete of 56 competitors venues have been involved within the 19th Asian Games, covering Hangzhou and the other five co-host cities of Ningbo, Wenzhou, Huzhou, Shaoxing and Jinhua.
Of the venues, only 12 were newly built and whose post-competition use had already been planned when they were under development.
At a news conference held last Friday, the organizing committee revealed that for the 56 venues, 19 will be opened to the general public as health venues, 21 might be accessible at a fee decrease than the market worth, eight will turn into training bases for professional groups and the remaining eight college venues will be returned to their respective institutions.
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