The Universiade Center in Longgang District, the main venue* for the 2011 Shenzhen Universiade, will shine like a huge crystal* after it is built by 2011, according to the design plans which were unveiled* on Sunday.

Located in the heart of Longgang Sports New Town, the 520,500-square-meter, 4-billion-yuan (US$548-million) Universiade Center will mainly comprise a main stadium, a gymnasium* and an indoor swimming pool, which will form a triangle.

Construction work on the sports complex, another potential landmark* of the city, will start this year and be ready before the Games open in August 2011.

“We will use glass as the material for the buildings’ roofs and walls. Given lights in the night, they will put visitors in a dreamland,” a spokesman for the city’s public works bureau who was not identified said on Sunday.

Located in northeastern Shenzhen and 15 kilometers from the heart of the city, the Universiade Center will not only host world-class sports events including athletics* and indoor sports, but will be “a perfect stage for large concerts in the future,” the spokesman said.

Covering 135,000 square meters, the main stadium will have 60,394 seats while the 74,000-square-meter gymnasium will be an ideal venue for indoor events, with 18,064 seats. The indoor swimming pool will accommodate 3,112 spectators.

The three buildings will be linked to each other via glass passageways and there will be another two 150-meter high-rises in the complex.

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venue n. 场所
crystal n. 水晶
unveil v. 公布
gymnasium n. 体育馆
landmark n. 地标
athletics n. 田径