The Capital Indoor Stadium (首都体育馆) in an indoor sports center in Beijing, China, constructed in 1968. Since its construction, the stadium has been used as location for milestones in many sports competitions, as the location for the ping pong diplomacy exchange program in 1971 between the United States and Canada, and as one of the stadiums to host the first NBA games in China, as well as the first-ever professional football game in the country. When the Olympic Games arrived in China in 2008, the stadium was used to host the indoor volleyball competitions, and fourteen years later, the stadium was repurposed to host the figure skating and short track competitions at the Winter Olympic Games in 2022. The stadium has a capacity of 17,345.
Olympic Events[]
- Volleyball 2008
- Figure Skating 2022/Men's singles
- Figure Skating 2022/Women's singles
- Figure Skating 2022/Pair skating
- Figure Skating 2022/Ice dancing
- Figure Skating 2022/Mixed team event
- Short Track 2022/Men's 500 metre
- Short Track 2022/Men's 1000 metre
- Short Track 2022/Men's 1500 metre
- Short Track 2022/Men's relay
- Short Track 2022/Women's 500 metre
- Short Track 2022/Women's 1000 metre
- Short Track 2022/Women's 1500 metre
- Short Track 2022/Women's relay
- Short Track 2022/Mixed relay
