National Stadium The Bird 's Nest Exterior view of the stadium at night, overlooking the Dragon Shaped Water System, July 2011 Full name National Stadium Location 1 National Stadium South Road, Beijing, China Public transit 8 15 at Olympic Green Executive suites 140 Capacity 80,000 91,000 (2008 Olympics) Record attendance 89,102 (Nigeria -- Argentina, 23 August 2008) Surface Grass, All - weather running track Construction Broke ground 24 December 2003 Built September 2007 Opened 28 June 2008 Construction cost CN ¥ 2.3 billion Architect Herzog & de Meuron ArupSport China Architectural Design & Research Group Ai Weiwei (Artistic consultant) Structural engineer Arup Tenants China national football team (selected matches) China national basketball team (2009 -- 2010)
when was the birds nest stadium built for beijing olympics
September 2007