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Shanghai sports stadium focuses on human-based design

By Guan Xiaomeng (Chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2007-06-28 21:50

As the major stadium of the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games and the venue for one of the first round football game of next year's Bejing Olympic, Shanghai sports stadium is aiming for a human-based sports facility.


Auditorium seats of Shanghai Stadium, the main venue of the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games and the venue for one of the first round football game of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games are seen in this photo taken in June 25, 2007. The new seats can be folded and feel more comfortable than previous ones. [chinadaily.com.cn]

"We will equip the stadium with facilities free of all obstacles to make special and disabled athletes go anywhere easily," said Li Ming, board chairman of Shanghai East Asia, the company running the stadium.

The chairman said efforts were also made to make the audiences more comfortable, "We have arranged folding soft seats so the room will be larger when getting the chairs folded if no one sits."

Li suggested making the English characters on the bilingual signs larger, "The English language characters are too small and foreign friends couldn't see them clearly."

The company also has a way to adjust Games sponsors. According to Li, China Netcom, the official sponsor for Beijing Olympic Games and China Telecom, sponsor for Shanghai Special Games will both have their communication cable during the special games, "We will adjustment well to make sure the communication smooth and the sponsors profit well," Li said.






   
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