Zhongshan Sports Center Stadium (Simplified Chinese: 中山体育中心体育场) is a multi-use stadium

Stadium

A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...

 in Zhongshan

Zhongshan

Zhongshan , also spelled Chungshan and historically known as Xiangshan or Siangshan, is a prefecture-level city in the south of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province in southern China. Zhongshan, one of the few cities in China with an eponymous name, is named after Dr. Sun Yat-sen who was...

, China

China

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. It is currently used mostly for football

Football (soccer)

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 matches and was one of the six stadiums used for the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup 1991

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. The stadium has a capacity of 12,000 people. The stadium are all-seaters

All-seater stadium

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 with multi-color seats. It also has an all-weather track and field surface.

Concerts are also held there with acts from Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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 and from regional Guangzhou

Guangzhou

Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...

capital city. Unusual for concertgoers, is that a platform is set up in one end towards the centerline and the stage is just slightly higher than temporary seats, which are also on the platform.

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