\[ **BT: [[Beijing]]** ] --- # Beijing National Stadium 国家体育场 > ‘The National Stadium (国家体育场), a.k.a. the Bird’s Nest (鸟巢), is a stadium at Olympic Green in Chaoyang, Beijing, China.’[^1] ## history It broke ground in December 2003, officially started construction in March 2004, and was completed in June 2008.[^2] It was designed for the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.[^3] ![[Wikimedia Commons - by 老黄瓜 - Beijing National Stadium - 22 August 2008 - Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 China Mainland license.jpg]] <small>Beijing National Stadium in 2008. Photograph by 老黄瓜 (CC BY 2.5 CN).[^4]</small> --- ### League of Legends World Championship 2017 The stadium was used for the finals of the 2017 [[League of Legends]] World Championship.[^5] ![[Wikimedia Commons - by Richard Ye - League of Legends World Championship 2017 Finals - Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic.jpg]] <small>Beijing National Stadium in 2017: Hosting the League of Legends World Championship 2017 Finals. Photograph by Richard Ye (CC BY-SA 2.0).[^6]</small> [^1]: ‘Beijing National Stadium’, Wikipedia, last edited 1 March 2025, 07:57 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_National_Stadium. [^2]: ‘Beijing National Stadium’, Wikipedia, last edited 1 March 2025, 07:57 (UTC). [^3]: Beijing National Stadium’, Wikipedia, last edited 1 March 2025, 07:57 (UTC). [^4]: 老黄瓜, ‘Beijing National Stadium’, Wikimedia Commons, 22 August 2008, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beijing_National_Stadium_1.jpg. Licenced: [CC BY 2.5 CN](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/cn/deed.en). [^5]: Beijing National Stadium’, Wikipedia, last edited 1 March 2025, 07:57 (UTC). [^6]: Richard Ye, ‘League of Legends World Championship 2017 Finals’, Wikimedia Commons, 9 November 2017, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:League_of_Legends_World_Championship_2017_Finals.jpg. Licenced: [CC BY-SA 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0).