The new-look stadium will be designed like a lotus, an inspiration which comes from Guangzhou’s status as China’s ‘Flower City’.
The construction of the Chinese Super League (CSL) side Guangzhou Evergrande's brand new football stadium is well and truly underway.
The new 100,000-capacity stadium will be a straight of the art modern venue, which will also be the largest stadium in the world, will cost a staggering $1.7 billion (12 billion yuan) to build.
The new-look stadium will be designed like a lotus, an inspiration which comes from Guangzhou’s status as China’s ‘Flower City’.
“Evergrande Stadium will become a new world-class landmark comparable to the Sydney Opera House and Burj Khalifa in Dubai, and an important symbol of Chinese football to the world,” Xia Haijun, president of real estate conglomerate Evergrande, was quoted as saying.
The club hosted an official ceremony to launch the new stadium and also released pictures and an animated video of how the stadium will look like upon its full construction.
This new venue is also another example of the country's push to promote football in China. In their attempts to attract more football fans, the clubs have bought in numerous big-money super-star names in Paulinho, Talisca, Hulk, Oscar, Marko Arnautovic, Stephan El Shaarawy, Marouane Fellaini, Marek Hamsik, etc in recent years.
1. The 'Flower City' stadium
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Guangzhou Evergrande's new stadium is scheduled to be ready by the end of 2022.
Chinese champions #Guangzhou #Evergrande on Thursday began building a new stadium costing 12 billion yuan ($1.7 billion) and boasting a 100,000 capacity, The #stadium, which will be one of the world's largest arenas, is scheduled to be ready by the end of 2022. pic.twitter.com/oqvZYZsjd9
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2. An absolute beauty!
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HERE IS A ANIMATED VIDEO OF HOW THE STADIUM WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN IT'S DONE:
¡IMPONENTE!
— Balón Mundial (en casa ) (@balon_mundial) April 16, 2020
El club chino Guangzhou Evergrande anunció mediante un video, la construcción de su nuevo estadio. Tendrá capacidad para 100.000 espectadores y una inversión de 1700M de dólares. Será uno de los de mayor aforo a nivel mundial. Lo esperan terminar para fin de 2022. pic.twitter.com/pyYgCo9wCc
3. More to come!
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According to ESPN's reports, Xia also claimed that Evergrande plans to build three to five more stadiums across the country with capacities of 80-100,000.
The eight-times Chiese Super League champions, in the past nine years, averaged just under 46,000 attendance during their 2019 campaign.
*The design of a new soccer stadium in #Guangzhou which
— ChinaPropertyFocus (@ChinaPropFocus) April 16, 2020
could hold 100K ppl, developed by China Evergrande, was revealed.
The stadium started construction today and Evergrande Chairman Hui Ka-yan himself participated in the design.
It will be the home of Guangzhou Evergrande FC. pic.twitter.com/4PMIO38y96
