| Wukesong Arena (Cadillac Arena) | |
| Nickname: | 五棵松体育馆（凯迪拉克中心） |
| Former Names: | Wukesong Culture & Sports Center (2008–2011) MasterCard Center (2011–2015) LeSports Center (2016–2017) Huaxi Live (2017) Cadillac Arena (2017–present) |
| Address: | 69 Fuxing Road |
| Location: | Haidian District, Beijing, China |
| Coordinates: | 39.91°N 116.2747°W |
| Renovated: | 2009 |
| Closed: | October 2008 – November 2009 |
| Owner: | Bloomage International Investment Group |
| Operator: | AEG |
| Architect: | Gu Yonghui |
| Capacity: | 19,000 9,000 (ice hockey) |
| Tenants: | Beijing Ducks (CBA) (2010–present) HC Kunlun Red Star (KHL) (2016–present) Beijing Lions (CAFL) (2016) |
The Wukesong Arena, also known as the Cadillac Arena for sponsorship purposes, is a multipurpose indoor arena in Beijing. It was originally built for the 2008 Summer Olympics basketball preliminaries and finals. Ground was broken on 29 March 2005 and construction was completed on 11 January 2008.
The stadium has a capacity of 19,000 and covers an area of 63,000 square metres. It includes a modern, flexible ice hockey rink designed and produced by Finnish rink manufacturer Vepe Oy in November 2016.
In 2022, the arena hosted some of the ice hockey matches as part of the 2022 Winter Olympics.[1]
The stadium was constructed by "Beijing Wukesong Cultural & Sports Co. Ltd." whose five shareholders are Zhongguancun CENCONS Group, Haidian State-owned Assets Investment Co. Ltd, Beijing Urban Construction Group Co. Ltd, Beijing Urban Construction Co. Ltd and the Tianhong Group. After the Olympic Games, the center became an important part of Beijing's Olympic Games heritage, allowing citizens to enjoy cultural, sports, leisure, recreational, and commercial activities. It was a large-scale comprehensive project, rare in Beijing in integrating cultural, sporting, and commercial purposes with large-scale gardens and green spaces.
On 6 January 2011 MasterCard Worldwide, the rival of Olympic sponsor Visa, announced the acquisition of the naming rights to the center. It was renamed MasterCard Center effective from 21 January 2011. Nearly five years later, on 16 December 2015, LeTV Sports announced that it has obtained naming rights for the arena. It was officially renamed as LeSports Center on 1 January 2016. Beyond that, LeSports promised to provide a package of intellectual services inside and outside the arena.[2] After the closing of LeTV Sports, the arena was briefly named Huaxi Live.[3] Since September 2017, the Cadillac division of General Motors has owned naming rights for the arena.[4]
On 14 December 2015 the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) announced that its Beijing expansion team would play in the arena. On 5 September 2016, Kunlun Red Star defenseman Anssi Salmela scored the first goal in the arena's first hockey game and the first home goal for Kunlun in KHL. Red Star won the game 6–3.In 2017, 18,000 people attended the Chinese Basketball Association All-Star Game at the LeSports Centre.
| A list of sporting events held at Wukesong Arena | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Date | Event | |
| 2008 | 17 October | NBA Global Games | |
| 2009 | 11 October | NBA Global Games | |
| 2010 | 13 October | NBA Global Games | |
| 2012 | 11 October | NBA Global Games | |
| 2013 | 15 October | NBA Global Games | |
| 2014 | 15 October | NBA Global Games | |
| 25 November | M-1 Challenge 53 – Battle in the Celestial Empire | ||
| 2017 | 23 September | NHL China Games: Los Angeles Kings vs. Vancouver Canucks | |
| 2018 | 24 November | UFC Fight Night 141 | |
| 2019 | 16 November | ONE Championship: Age of Dragons[6] | |
| TBA | 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Several matches, including the final | ||
| 2022 | TBA | 2022 Winter Olympics Women's Ice Hockey | |
The Wukesong Arena is the biggest entertainment venue in Beijing, with many international, regional and local artists having staged their performance at the venue that spans a wide range of musical genres. International artists are highlighted using light blue in the table while non-concert entertainment events are also included.
| A list of entertainment events held at Wukesong Arena | |||||||||
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| width=50 | Year | width=100 | Date | width=100 | Nationalities | width=200 | Artists | width=400 | Tours |
| 2008 | 6 October | Canada | Avril Lavigne | The Best Damn World Tour | |||||
| 1 November | United States | Kanye West | Glow in the Dark Tour | ||||||
| 2009 | 23 October | United States | Beyoncé | I Am... World Tour | |||||
| 2010 | 23 January | South Korea | Super Junior | 2nd Asia Tour – "Super Show 2"[7] | |||||
| 14 March | United States | Backstreet Boys | This Is Us Tour | ||||||
| 11 July | United States | Usher | OMG Tour | ||||||
| 2011 | |||||||||
| 2 January | Taiwan (ROC) | Fei Yu-ching | 2011费玉清北京演唱会 | ||||||
| 21 January | Hong Kong | Jacky Cheung | Jacky Cheung 1/2 Century Tour | ||||||
| 12 March | United States | Eagles | Long Road Out of Eden Tour | ||||||
| 26 March | South Korea | Rain | 2011 Rain Asia Tour | ||||||
| 7 May | The Girls Collection | ||||||||
| 13 May | Glorious Days – Pantheon Rock "n" Roll World Tour Concert | ||||||||
| 21 May | China (PRC) | Dao Lang | de Show Beel Live in Concert 2011 | ||||||
| 27 May | Hong Kong | Aaron Kwok | 郭富城武林正传世界巡回演唱会 | ||||||
| 28 May | |||||||||
| 3 June | Taiwan (ROC) | Chyi Yu Michelle Pan Tiger Huang One-Fang | Power Woman | ||||||
| 18 June | Taiwan (ROC) | Wakin Chau Jeff Chang Chyi Chin Chao Chuan Dave Wang Angus Tung | 老友记六人行2011北京大型演唱会 | ||||||
| 16 July | Taiwan (ROC) | Elva Hsiao | E!VA萧亚轩WOW世界巡回演唱会-北京站 | ||||||
| 25 September | Ireland | Westlife | Gravity Tour | ||||||
| 2012 | 14 February | Canada | Avril Lavigne | Black Star Tour | |||||
| 22 February | Ireland | Westlife | Greatest Hits Tour | ||||||
| 12 March | Sweden | Roxette | Charm School World Tour | ||||||
| 6 April | Canada | Sum 41 | Screaming Bloody Murder Tour | ||||||
| 7 July | South Korea | Shinhwa | [8] | ||||||
| 8 August | South Korea | Big Bang | Alive Galaxy Tour | ||||||
| 25 November | United Kingdom | Elton John | 40th Anniversary of the Rocket Man Tour | ||||||
| 2013 | 24 March | Canada | Simple Plan | Get Your Hearts on Tour | |||||
| 4 May | South Korea | G-Dragon | One of a Kind World Tour | ||||||
| 5 May | |||||||||
| 13 April | The 1st V Chart Awards | ||||||||
| 25 May | United States | Backstreet Boys | In a World Like This Tour | ||||||
| 28 June | United Kingdom | Sarah Brightman | Dreamchaser World Tour | ||||||
| 20 July | South Korea | Shinhwa | [9] [10] | ||||||
| 9 August | |||||||||
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| 22 August | United Kingdom | Pet Shop Boys | Electric Tour | ||||||
| 29 September | Canada | Justin Bieber | Believe Tour | ||||||
| 1 October | United States | The Killers | Battle Born World Tour | ||||||
| 2014 | 4 February | United Kingdom | James Blunt | Moon Landing Tour | |||||
| 2 March | Canada | Avril Lavigne | The Avril Lavigne Tour | ||||||
| 5 April | United States | Bruno Mars | Moonshine Jungle Tour | ||||||
| 19 April | South Korea | 2NE1 | All or Nothing World Tour | ||||||
| 16 May | Hong Kong | G.E.M. | G.E.M. X.X.X. LIVE 世界巡回演唱会北京站 | ||||||
| 17 May | |||||||||
| 30 May | China (PRC) | Wanting Qu | 2014曲婉婷say the words 我为你歌唱 中国巡回演唱会 | ||||||
| 31 May | |||||||||
| 18 July | Taiwan (ROC) | Jeff Chang | "华素 还爱光年" 世界巡回演唱会 | ||||||
| 2 August | Taiwan (ROC) | S.H.E | 2GETHER 4EVER 世界巡回演唱会 | ||||||
| 3 August | Taiwan (ROC) | Mayday | Just Love It 拥抱演唱会 | ||||||
| 6 September | China (PRC) | Hua Chenyu | 华晨宇火星演唱会 | ||||||
| 7 September | |||||||||
| 13 September | Singapore | Yida Huang | 黄义达十周年纪念演唱会 | ||||||
| 20 September | China (PRC) South Korea | Exo | Exo from Exoplanet #1 – The Lost Planet | ||||||
| 21 September | |||||||||
| 25 October | China (PRC) | Yang Kun | 杨坤"今夜20岁"北京演唱会 | ||||||
| 22 November | South Korea | Super Junior | Super Show 6 | ||||||
| 2015 | 14 January | Golden Disk Awards | |||||||
| 15 January | |||||||||
| 1 April | United States | Pitbull | 2015 World Tour | ||||||
| 18 April | United States | Backstreet Boys | In a World Like This Tour | ||||||
| 9 May | Singapore | JJ Lin | Timeline：Genesis World Tour | ||||||
| 6 June | South Korea | Big Bang | Made World Tour | ||||||
| 7 June | |||||||||
| 13 June | China (PRC) | Bibi Zhou | BOOM! | ||||||
| 18 July | China (PRC) South Korea | Exo | Exo Planet #2 – The Exo'luxion | ||||||
| 19 July | |||||||||
| 19 September | United Kingdom | Muse[11] | Drones World Tour | ||||||
| 2016 | 10 April | The 4th V Chart Awards | |||||||
| 24 April | United Kingdom | Iron Maiden[12] | The Book of Souls World Tour | ||||||
| 2 July | China (PRC) | Hua Chenyu | Mars Concert Season 3 | ||||||
| 3 July | |||||||||
| 8 July | Taiwan (ROC) | Jay Chou | The Invisible Show Tour | ||||||
| 9 July | |||||||||
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| 16 July | South Korea | Big Bang | Made V.I.P Tour | ||||||
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| 24 September | Hong Kong | Wallace Chung | Sing For Live | ||||||
| 6 October | United States | Kesha | |||||||
| 21 October | Hong Kong | Jacky Cheung | A Classic Tour | ||||||
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| 2017 | 18 January | United States | Metallica | WorldWired Tour | |||||
| 17 June | China (PRC) | Joker Xue | 薛之谦"我好像在哪见过你"巡回演唱会 | ||||||
| 26 August | United States | Ariana Grande | Dangerous Woman Tour | ||||||
| 2018 | 7 May | United States | Fall Out Boy | Mania Tour | |||||
| 19 May | Singapore | JJ Lin | Sanctuary World Tour | ||||||
| 20 May | |||||||||
| 6 September | United Kingdom | Jessie J | R.O.S.E Tour | ||||||
| 2019 | 23 February | China (PRC) | Rocket Girls 101 | 2019火箭少女101北京飞行演唱会-Light | |||||
| 10 August | Taiwan (ROC) | Fei Yu-ching | 费玉清2019告别演唱会 | ||||||
| 13 August | Ireland | Westlife | The Twenty Tour | ||||||
| 2023 | 23 September | Ireland | Westlife | The Wild Dreams Tour | |||||
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| 2024 | 5 April | Hong Kong | Jacky Cheung | The Jacky Cheung 60+ Concert Tour | |||||
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The Wukesong Baseball Field was a baseball stadium located next to the Wukesong Indoor Stadium at the Wukesong Culture and Sports Centre in Beijing, China. It was one of the nine temporary venues at the 2008 Summer Olympics, hosting baseball events.
The baseball field had a total land surface of 12,000 square metres and a capacity of 15,000. It included two competition fields and one training field.
In March 2008, the stadium hosted two games between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres called the MLB China Series, marking the first time Major League Baseball teams played in China.
In what were to be the final Olympic Baseball matches in the foreseeable future, as the International Olympic Committee voted out the baseball event for the upcoming 2012 London Olympics and 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics in favor of golf and rugby sevens,[13] Team USA clinched the bronze medal, while South Korea beat Cuba to claim the gold medal.[14] After the Olympic games ended, the facilities were demolished as planned, for a shopping mall called Bloomage LIVE · HI-UP.[15] [16]