Daegu Stadium (), also known as the Blue Arc, is a multi-purpose sports stadium located in

Daegu Daegu (; ), formerly spelled Taegu and officially Daegu Metropolitan City (), is a city in southeastern South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; the fourth-largest List of provincial-level ci ...

, South Korea. It was formerly named Daegu World Cup Stadium but was changed to Daegu Stadium on 5 March 2008. It has a

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for 66,422 people, and parking for 3,550 cars. It is located approximately 11 kilometers or 20 minutes by car from

Daegu Airport Daegu International Airport is an international airport serving the city of Daegu and the surrounding area in southeastern South Korea. The airport is also a military base for the Republic of Korea Air Force, ROKAF's 11th Fighter Wing, whose ...

. It is managed by the Daegu Sports Facilities Management Center. It was one of the host venues of the

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and the main stadium for the 2003 Summer Universiade and the

2011 World Championships in Athletics The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011. The United States topped the medal standings in the ...

. It was the home stadium of Daegu FC until 2018.

Construction

The construction started in July 1997 and was completed in May 2001 in time for the

at a cost of 265,000,000

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. The roof was engineered by the international consultancy

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. The roof is in two sections, each with an inclined trussed steel

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spanning 273 m for a rise of only 28.7 m, and propped by 13 secondary arches off a perimeter second "arch" that is supported by raking columns. The total roof steel weight is 4,350 t. The roof cladding is a PTFE-coated glass-reinforced fabric canopy. The modelling (form-finding) and analysis of the tensile roof was performed by Tensys. Wind tunnel studies were carried out by BMT Limited to assess the wind loading on the roof.

2002 FIFA World Cup

The stadium was the largest stadium in South Korea during the

. It held the following matches:

Events

Daegu Marathon

Daegu World Cup Stadium hosts the Daegu Marathon annually in April of each year.

Concerts

The stadium was also the venue for the 8th Asia Song Festival, organised by ''Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange'', in 2011.The Chosun Ilb
Asian Singers to Gather in Daegu for Asia's Biggest Pop Concert
10 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-12

References

External links

Daegu Sports Facilities Management Center
{{Authority control Daegu FC Football venues in South Korea Athletics (track and field) venues in South Korea Sports venues in Daegu Sports venues completed in 2001 2001 establishments in South Korea K League 1 stadiums K League 2 stadiums