Dalian Barracuda Bay Football Stadium in Northeast China's Liaoning Province, put into service after more than 600 days of construction, has just held its debut game.
A view of Dalian Barracuda Bay Football Stadium in Northeast China's Liaoning Province [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
Covering an area of 136,000 square meters, the stadium features 63,000 seats and is the only seaside football pitch stadium surrounded by the sea on three sides in China. It is also the first professional football pitch in Dalian.
The facade of the stadium is built with 7,823 pieces of ETFE membrane that contains nine kinds of blue membrane materials, which is the largest membrane structure of the world's professional football pitches.
A night view of the Dalian Barracuda Bay Football Stadium in Northeast China's Liaoning Province [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
Building information modeling (BIM) technology was used during construction to ensure highly-efficient and accurate engineering.
It's worth noting that the stadium has hybrid turf in which the high-strength synthetic fibers are planted under the ground and the roots of the natural grass are intertwined with the synthetic fibers during the natural growth of the grass, making a more solid surface.
China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) was responsible for the project.
A view of the football pitch inside the stadium [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
(Executive editor: Xie Yunxiao)
