Beijing to make the most of Winter Olympic venues

Permanent ones will be used to promote sports or become housing units and offices: Report

Parts of the Laoshan Velodrome are being used for fencing classes and cars meant for driving lessons sit outside the dome. The iconic Bird's Nest stadium and its surrounding venues have continually held performances and sporting events after it was b
Parts of the Laoshan Velodrome are being used for fencing classes and cars meant for driving lessons sit outside the dome. The iconic Bird's Nest stadium and its surrounding venues have continually held performances and sporting events after it was built for the Beijing 2008 Olympics. The Chinese capital released a 118-page report in June detailing how it planned to make the most of the new venues built for the forthcoming Winter Olympics. ST PHOTO: AW CHENG WEI
Parts of the Laoshan Velodrome are being used for fencing classes and cars meant for driving lessons sit outside the dome. The iconic Bird's Nest stadium and its surrounding venues have continually held performances and sporting events after it was b
Parts of the Laoshan Velodrome are being used for fencing classes and cars meant for driving lessons sit outside the dome. The iconic Bird's Nest stadium and its surrounding venues have continually held performances and sporting events after it was built for the Beijing 2008 Olympics. The Chinese capital released a 118-page report in June detailing how it planned to make the most of the new venues built for the forthcoming Winter Olympics. ST PHOTO: AW CHENG WEI
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Rust has set in on an 18ha blue-and-white beach volleyball stadium at Chaoyang Park in Beijing which, in its heyday, would reverberate with the sound of cheering from 22,000 spectators in the stands.

Now, dull metallic sheets, split at the edges, cover a side of the ageing arena where the words "Beijing 2008" used to be. Inside, 17,000 tonnes of fine sand from Hainan province still sit on the ground where world-class athletes once competed for Olympic honours.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on August 03, 2021, with the headline Beijing to make the most of Winter Olympic venues. Subscribe