Bird's Nest

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Bird's Nest is the nickname of Beijing National Stadium, the iconic steel-latticed arena built for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

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Bird's Nest canonical 10
Bird’s Nest 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Olympic stadium
sports venue
stadium
architect Ai Weiwei
China Architecture Design & Research Group
Herzog & de Meuron
brokeGround 2003
builtForEvent 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Paralympics
city Beijing
completionDate June 2008
constructionCost US$423 million
constructionStartDate December 2003
coordinates 39.9917°N 116.3906°E
country China
designFeature steel-latticed exterior
designInspiration bird's nest
floorArea 258000 m²
height 69.2 m
heritageStatus iconic landmark of Beijing
hostedEvent 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
2008 Summer Olympics
surface form: 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony

2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony
2008 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony
2015 World Championships in Athletics
2022 Winter Olympics closing ceremony
2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
2022 Winter Paralympics closing ceremony
2022 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony
2008 Summer Olympics
surface form: athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
football matches at the 2008 Summer Olympics
length 333 m
locatedIn Chaoyang District
surface form: Chaoyang District, Beijing

Olympic Green
material steel
nickname Bird's Nest self-link
officialName Beijing National Stadium
opened 28 June 2008
operator National Stadium Co., Ltd.
owner Beijing State-owned Assets Management Co., Ltd.
partOf Olympic Park venues master planning
surface form: 2008 Beijing Olympic venues network
postOlympicsCapacity 80000
primaryUse athletics
ceremonies
football
roofType open
seatingCapacity 91000
seatingCapacityDuring2008Olympics 91000
structuralEngineer Ove Arup & Partners
surface form: Arup
tenants China national football team
width 284 m

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bird's Nest nickname Bird's Nest self-link
Olympic Green notableStructure Bird's Nest
China Architecture Design & Research Group notableWork Bird's Nest
this entity surface form: Bird’s Nest
National Stadium Co., Ltd. manages Bird's Nest
this entity surface form: Bird’s Nest
National Stadium Co., Ltd. operates Bird's Nest
this entity surface form: Bird’s Nest
National Stadium Plaza near Bird's Nest
this entity surface form: Bird’s Nest
100 metres – Beijing 2008 venue Bird's Nest