The new Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, built for the Games
of the 29th Olympic Games, was officially delivered
Saturday morning.
On August 8, the Shunyi Rowing-Canoeing Park will host the 2007
World Rowing Junior Championships, this year's very first "Good
Luck Beijing" sport event in Beijing.
During the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, 32 gold medals will be
awarded at the venue, which will host the Rowing, Canoe/Kayak
(Flat-water), Canoe/Kayak (Slalom), and marathon swimming
events.
Construction of venue began during the first half of 2005. With
a building area of 31,850 sq m, it occupies the largest surface
area of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games venues.
The venue has a seating capacity of 37,000, with 1,200 permanent
seats and 25,800 temporary seats, including 10,000 standing room
only seats.
The Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park is the world's only
first-class rowing-canoeing venue that contains both flat-water and
slalom courses.
The water surface area of the Shunyi Rowing-Canoeing Park
occupies 6.35 million sq m, and the green surface area occupies 5.8
million sq m, with green coverage of over 82 percent. Combined with
the forestry of the surrounding areas, the rowing-canoeing park is
a natural "oxygen bar."
After the Olympic Games, the venue will be converted into an
attractive, world-class resort for swimming and recreation -- the
largest of its kind in the northeastern part of Beijing.
(BOCOG July 28, 2007)
