page_title: Tianjin Olympic Center
hierarchical_section_title: Tianjin Olympic Center
caption_attribution_description: View of Tianjin from the observation room of the Tianjin TV Tower. This is the 2008 Olympic Stadium almost finished (April 03, 2007).
context_page_description: The Tianjin Olympic Center, often colloquially referred to as the Water Drop, is a sports complex with a multi-use stadium in Tianjin, China. Construction started in August 2003 and was completed in August 2007. It is the home stadium of Tianjin TEDA.
  The stadium hosted games for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and Football preliminaries at the 2008 Summer Olympics. It also hosted the Athletics competitions at the 2017 National Games of China.
  It covers 78,000 square meters and has a capacity of 60,000 seats. It as a length of 380 meters, a width of 270 meters, and a height of 53 meters. The stadium is nicknamed "The Water Drop" because the outside of the venue was designed to resemble a drop of water. The stadium cost nearly 1.5 billion Yuan. The architects were AXS Satow.
  In 2011, the venue hosted a football match between Tianjin TEDA F.C. and the Spanish side Real Madrid.
  The stadium houses sports facilities, exhibition halls, conference rooms and gyms. It also has the capacity for entertainment and shopping complexes.
context_section_description: The Tianjin Olympic Center (simplified Chinese: 天津奥林匹克中心; traditional Chinese: 天津奧林匹克中心; pinyin: Tiānjīn Àolínpǐkè Zhōngxīn), often colloquially referred to as the Water Drop (Chinese: 水滴; pinyin: Shuǐdī), is a sports complex with a multi-use stadium in Tianjin, China. Construction started in August 2003 and was completed in August 2007. It is the home stadium of Tianjin TEDA.
  The stadium hosted games for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and Football preliminaries at the 2008 Summer Olympics. It also hosted the Athletics competitions at the 2017 National Games of China.
  It covers 78,000 square meters and has a capacity of 60,000 seats. It as a length of 380 meters (1,250 ft), a width of 270 meters (890 ft), and a height of 53 meters. The stadium is nicknamed "The Water Drop" because the outside of the venue was designed to resemble a drop of water. The stadium cost nearly 1.5 billion Yuan. The architects were AXS Satow.
  In 2011, the venue hosted a football match between Tianjin TEDA F.C. and the Spanish side Real Madrid.
  The stadium houses sports facilities, exhibition halls, conference rooms and gyms. It also has the capacity for entertainment and shopping complexes. American singer and recording artist Mariah Carey performed The Elusive Chanteuse Show in the stadium on 17 October 2014 and thus making her as the only international artist to have visited Tianjin.
caption: Tianjin Olympic Center in April 2007
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