Shanghai Indoor Stadium, () also known as the Shanghai Grand Stage, is a multi-purpose

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. Hailed as a great feat of engineering at the time of its construction, the building is now considered dated and out-classed by newly constructed sporting facilities nearby. It is now used for entertainment events and sporting competitions, like table tennis.

Name

The Shanghai Indoor Stadium is located close to

Shanghai Stadium The Shanghai Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Shanghai. Between 2009 and 2019, the stadium hosted home matches of the Chinese Super League team Shanghai SIPG. History The stadium opened on 14 March 1999 when the eighth National Games o ...

. The two facilities have very similar names in Chinese – the Shanghai Indoor Stadium is literally called a "Sports Arena" () while the Shanghai Stadium is called a "Sports Field" () – while in English their names differ only by the addition of "Indoor". This poor translation has been a source of confusion, especially after the opening of Shanghai Metro Line 4 with adjacent stations of these names. When serving as a concert venue, it is often referred to as Shanghai Grand Stage () or Shanghai Gymnasium. It is also the venue for the annual Shanghai Masters snooker championship, a major event on the international snooker calendar.

Notable events

Concerts by international performers

;2001-2009 * 20 February 2001: ''

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Never Gone Tour The Never Gone Tour is the sixth headlining concert tour by American boy band, the Backstreet Boys. The tour was launched in support of their fifth studio album, '' Never Gone'' (2005). It is the last BSB tour with all five members of the group, ...

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* 8 April 2006: '' A Bigger Bang Tour'' -

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* 15 May 2006: Robin Gibb * 26 June 2006: '' Face To Face Tour'' -

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* 20 July 2006: ''

Monkey Business Tour The Monkey Business Tour was the second concert tour by American hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas Black Eyed Peas (also known as The Black Eyed Peas) is an American musical group consisting of rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo. The gr ...

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* 20 January 2007: Eric Clapton * 12 February 2007: '' The Dark Side of the Moon Live'' - Roger Waters * 26 June 2007: ''

Back to Basics Tour The Back to Basics Tour was the fourth concert tour and third world tour by American singer Christina Aguilera. The tour was launched to support her fifth studio album, '' Back to Basics'' (2006). It visited Europe, North America, Asia, and Austra ...

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* 5 November 2007: ''

The Beyoncé Experience The Beyoncé Experience was the third concert tour by American singer Beyoncé Knowles. It was staged in support of her second studio album, '' B'Day'' (2006). The Beyoncé Experience consisted of 96 shows in 2007 over five legs. Fan-club ticket ...

'' - Beyoncé * 3 November 2008: ''

Glow in the Dark Tour The Glow in the Dark Tour was a world concert tour by Kanye West featuring Rihanna, Lupe Fiasco, N.E.R.D, Santigold and Nas. It began on April 16, 2008 in Seattle, Washington and traveled to Latin America, Asia, Europe, New Zealand, and Australi ...

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* 27 March 2009: ''

The Symphony World Tour The Symphony World Tour was the forth worldwide concert tour by English soprano singer Sarah Brightman. The tour started on 4 November 2008 in the city of Monterrey and concluded on 5 April 2009 in Taipei. There were special guests that joine ...

'' - Sarah Brightman *3 May 2009: ''Sleepless Night'' - Vitas ;2010-2016 * 8 April 2011: ''

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* 2 May 2011: '' The Black Star Tour'' - Avril Lavigne * 26 July 2011:

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* 9 August 2011：

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* 25 February 2012: ''

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* 4 April 2012:'' Screaming Bloody Murder Tour'' - Sum 41 * 28 May 2013: '' In a World Like This Tour'' -

* 23 June 2013: ''

Dreamchaser World Tour The Dreamchaser World Tour was the fifth worldwide concert tour by English soprano singer Sarah Brightman in support of her album ''Dreamchaser'' (2013). The North American tour had been planned to begin in early 2013, but all dates were resche ...

'' - Sarah Brightman * 20 August 2013: '' Electric Tour'' - Pet Shop Boys * 2 November 2013:''

Native Tour The Native Tour (also known as the Native Summer Tour in North America or as the Native Fall Tour in Europe) is the third headlining concert tour by American Pop rock band OneRepublic, in support of their third studio album ''Native'' (2013). One ...

'' - OneRepublic * 21 September 2014: '' You and Me Tour'' -

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* 19 August 2015: '' Smoke + Mirrors Tour'' - Imagine Dragons * 8 October 2015: Megadeth * 27 February 2016: ''

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'' - 5 Seconds Of Summer * 4 October 2016: Kesha

Domestic, Asian & other events

* 30 and 31 May 1997: ''ID Tour'' – Aska Concert Tour 1997 * 26 and 27 November 1999: ''Asian Tour No Doubt'' – Chage & Aska Asian Tour 1999 * 22 April 2007: '' Tour of Secret'' –

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Asia Tour 2007 * 17 November 2007: ''Alive in live'' – Chage & Aska Asian Tour 2007 * 22 November 2008: '' 1st Asia Tour: Super Show'' – Super Junior, in front of 11,000 people * 11 and 12 July 2009: BEST FICTION TOUR 2008–2009 –

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* 6 and 7 March 2010: '' 2nd Asia Tour: Super Show 2'' – Super Junior, in front of 22,000 people. *7 November 2010: JYJ The Beginning Showcase World Tour (2010)-

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* 17 April 2010: ''1st Asia Tour: Into The New World'' – Girls' Generation, in front of 7,000 people * 30 October 2011:

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* 14 March 2012: '' Charm School World Tour'' – Roxette * 30 April 2012: '' 2012 Shinhwa Grand Tour in Shanghai: The Return'' -

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* 11 April 2014: '' AON: All Or Nothing World Tour 2014'' - 2NE1 * 17 January 2015: Worldwide Inner Circle Conference: WWIC 2015 -

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* 30 May 2015: Pink Paradise -

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* 7 October 2015: ''Zhang Yixing 2nd Birthday Concert'' - Lay * 25 October 2015:''SHINee Concert: "SHINee World IV 2015" -

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* February 2016:

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* 2 April 2017: X NINE Shanghai Live Concert

Transportation

Shanghai Indoor Stadium can be reached by taking Shanghai Metro Line 1 or Line 4 to the

Shanghai Indoor Stadium station Shanghai Indoor Stadium () is an interchange station between lines 1 and 4 of the Shanghai Metro. This station is part of the initial southern section of the line that opened on 28 May 1993 and is located in Xuhui District; the interchange wi ...

. The Caoxi Road Public Transport Hub as well as Caoxi Road Station, part of Metro Line 3, is located just to the south of it.

References

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