Eight of the Beijing-based venues for the 2008 Olympic Games
will be made available before August for the Good Luck Beijing"
sports events scheduled to begin that month, according to the
constructors' headquarters.
The facilities include two new venues to be built from scratch
-- Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park and China Agriculture
University Gymnasium, and six temporary venues such as Wukesong
Baseball Field, Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground, Olympic
Green Hockey Field and Archery Field, as well as Laoshan BMX Venue
and the Urban Cycling Road Course.
Beijing will hold a number of competitions in August in the
respective venues, including the 2007 World Rowing Junior
Championships, the Good Luck Beijing 2007 International Hockey
Tournament, the 2007 FIVB Beach Volleyball Women's Challenger and
Good Luck Beijing 2007 International Baseball Tournament.
The owners of the venues are required to use the time from May
to July to draw detailed schemes of construction and examination to
ensure the timely unfolding of the events, the Beijing Daily quoted
the headquarters as saying. Currently, the management teams are
taking possession of the venues.
(BOCOG May 21, 2007)