Hongkou Football Stadium

31°16′24″N 121°28′34″E / 31.2733°N 121.4762°E / 31.2733; 121.4762Public transit Hongkou Football Stadium  3   8 OwnerShanghai GovernmentOperatorIRENA GroupCapacity33,060SurfaceGrassConstructionBroke groundFebruary 22, 1998OpenedMarch 14, 1999TenantsShanghai Shenhua F.C.（1994-1998，1999-2006，2008-2019）
Shanghai Guotai Jun'an Yongbo Women's FC

Hongkou Football Stadium (simplified Chinese: 虹口足球场; traditional Chinese: 虹口足球場; pinyin: Hóngkǒu Zúqiúchǎng) is a football stadium in Shanghai, China. Located in Hongkou District, the stadium has a maximum capacity of 33,060.^[1] It is the first ever football stadium to be built in China. The stadium was re-built in 1999, over the previous 46-year-old Hongkou Stadium, a general use sports stadium now replaced by the Shanghai Stadium. It is adjacent to Lu Xun Park.

History

The stadium has 3 squash courts inside and a climbing wall, which was rebuilt in early 2009. The stadium is currently used mostly for football matches and it is the home stadium of local football team Shanghai Shenhua F.C. It also hosted the final of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The stadium also was the home of Shanghai Guotai Jun'an Yongbo Women's F.C., a local women's football team, in 2016 season.

In 2013 Hongkou Football Stadium was the host of the National Electronic Sports Tournament (NEST).^[2]

Concerts

• Mariah Carey：November 12 & 14, 2003 – Charmbracelet World Tour
• Whitney Houston：July 22, 2004
• Backstreet Boys: September 26, 2004
• Linkin Park: November 18, 2007 – Minutes to Midnight World Tour, audience: 25,000
• TVXQ: May 31, 2008 — O: The 2nd Asia Tour

Audience: 40,000

• Kylie Minogue: November 29, 2008 – KylieX2008
• Mariah Carey: October 19, 2014 – The Elusive Chanteuse Show
• Linkin Park: July 22, 2015 – The Hunting Party Tour
• Mayday: December 2–8, 2017 - Life Tour
• Joker Xue: October 6–7, 2018 – Skyscraper World Tour

See also

• List of football stadiums in China
• List of stadiums in China
• Lists of stadiums

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