Venue: National Stadium;

Location: Olympic Green;

Total land surface (10,000 sq. m.): 25.8;

Seats: 91,000;

Functions during the Games: Athletics, Football;

Post-Games use: The Stadium is to stage sports events at national and international levels, as well as cultural and entertaining activities;

Groundbreaking date: Dec. 2003;

Designer: Herzog & DeMeuron (Swiss) and China Architecture Design Institute;

Status: Groundwork has been finished. Following work is underway.