[ **up: [[Stadiums--China]]** ] --- # Beijing National Stadium 国家体育场 [[2025-0313. '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.'|'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 [[2025-0313. '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.'|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 - Beijing National Stadium - created by 老黄瓜 - 22 August 2008 - Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 China Mainland license (free to share and remix with attribution).jpg]] Beijing National Stadium in 2008. Photograph by 老黄瓜 ([CC BY 2.5 CN](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/cn/deed.en)).[^4] --- ### League of Legends World Championship 2017 The stadium was used for the finals of the 2017 League of Legends World Championship.[^5] ![[Wikimedia Commons - League_of_Legends_World_Championship_2017_Finals - created by Richard Ye - 9 November 2017 - Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic (free to share and remix with attribution).jpg]] Beijing National Stadium in 2017: Hosting the [[League of Legends]] [[World Championship 2017]] Finals. Photograph by Richard Ye ([CC BY-SA 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)).[^6] [^1]: ‘Beijing National Stadium’, *Wikipedia*, updated 1 March 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_National_Stadium. [^2]: ‘Beijing National Stadium’, *Wikipedia*, updated 1 March 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_National_Stadium. [^3]: ‘Beijing National Stadium’, *Wikipedia*, updated 1 March 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_National_Stadium. [^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*, updated 1 March 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_National_Stadium. [^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).